Friday 15 August 2014

WOMAN IN BIBLE

         
 
Egyptian lotus flower
Princesses born to King Solomon, used for diplomatic barteringBathsheba and King David: passion, murder, intrigueDeborah and Jael: they faced a fearsome enemy, and defeated himDelilah the temptress who found out Samson's secretEsther: risked everything to save her people
Asenathof EgyptBasemath & Taphath
Princesses 		BathshebaKing David's wifeDeborah
& Jael		Delilah
Samson's nemesis		Esther
Saved her people
Eve who made the wrong choice; or was it the right one?Hagar, Sarah's Egyptian slave give who became the mother of IshmaelJephtah's daughter, a human sacrifice because of her father's foolish vowJezebel, ruthless queen of Israel but loyal wife of AhabJudith hacked off the head of her enemy Holofernes
Eve
First
woman		Hagar
Slave girl		Hannahmakes a vowJephtah's
daughter
Sacrificed		Jezebel
Ruthless queen		Judith
Executioner
Leah, wife of Jacob: Woman with eyes covered by a blue veilMaacah, lived in King David's harem, bore him two tragic childrenMaacah, daughter of a rebel, adored by her husband, bore a foolish sonMichal, her passion for King David who betrayed and abandoned herMiriam, sister of Moses, leader of Hebrew womenNaamah, wife of Solomon but mother of a fool
Leah
Mother of sons		MaacahForgotten princessMaacah II
Married to
a fool		MichalAbandoned by DavidMiriam
Leader of women		NaamahMystery woman
Naomi, mother-in-law of RuthNoah's WifePotiphar's wife, Joseph's passionate temptress in the BibleQueen of ShebaRachel and Jacob, the Bible's great love story, but no happy endingRahab the prostitute
NaomiMother-in-lawNoah's WifePotiphar's wifeQueen of
Sheba		Rachel
Love story		Rahab
prostitute
Rebecca's steely ambition for her son JacobRizpah, mother of murdered, unburied sonsRuth, Bible woman, rewarded for her loyalty to NaomiSarah, fore-mother of Abraham's descendentsTamar and Judah: her fight for justice, no matter whatTamar: raped by one brother, defended by another
Rebecca
Ambition		Rizpah
tragic mother		Ruth
Loyal friend		Sarah
Fore-mother		Tamar
Justice!		Tamar
Raped by
her brother
    
Mary, mother of Jesus Christ
Mary Magdalene, cured by Jesus, stood by him to the bitter end, and witnessed the Resurrection
Martha and Mary, two sisters who knew Jesus; he raised their brother Lazarus
Mary
Jesus' mother		Magdalene
Loyal to the end		Martha
& Mary
Elizabeth, cousin of Mary and Jesus, and mother of John the BaptistThe Samaritan woman who argued with Jesus then told others about himRita Hayworth as Salome
Elizabeth
Mother of John Baptist		Samaritan
Woman
She argued		Salome
princess conspirator
Anna with the infant Jesus, by Jerry BacikThe wife of Pontius Pilate who warned her husband not to kill Jesus
Syro-
Phoenician
Woman		Anna
prophetess		Wife of Pilate
Her dream
Dorcas or Tabitha, raised from the dead by Peter's miraclePrisca-Priscilla, early Christian woman who helped St PaulThe woman with continual menstruation who was cured by Jesus
Dorcas/
Tabitha		Prisca/
Priscilla		Menstruating
Woman
The Women Bent Over who was cured by JesusJoanna, disciple of Jesus of NazarethThe woman taken in adultery who met Jesus in the Temple courtyard
Crippled WomanJoanna
Jesus' disciple		Adulterer
Punishment?
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