Women in the Bible: Hebrew Scriptures
some samples
| Exodus 1:17-21: | Hebrew midwives were able to outsmart the Pharaoh and save the lives of the Jewish baby boys. |
| Exodus 2 | The birth mother of Moses was able to circumvent the Pharaoh's order to kill all of the baby boys, and to save her child |
| Joshua 2:1-16 | Rahab, a prostitute, hides two Israelite spies and saves their lives by misdirecting the soldiers |
| Judges 4 and 5 | Deborah is described as both a Judge of Israel and as the leader of the army |
| 1 Samuel 19:11-13 | David's first wife, Michal, tricks soldiers and engineeres David's escape |
| 2 Kings
22:14 -20
2 Chron 34:22-28 |
Huldah "speaks as the voice of God; 'Thus says the LORD' ...Jeremiah and Zephaniah were in Judah also at the time but there is no record of their having been consulted." |
The Gospels / Jesus and Women
some samples
| Mark 5:25-34 | Jesus cures of a woman who suffered from menstrual bleeding for 12 years. |
| John 4:7 - | Jesus talks with a woman of Samaria. She was doubly ritually unclean since she was both a foreigner and a woman. |
| Luke 10:38-42 | Jesus teaches Mary. |
| Luke 13:16 | Jesus cures a woman from an indwelling Satanic spirit. He calls her a daughter of Abraham, implying equal status with men (son of Abraham) |
| Luke 8:1-3 | The inner circle of Jesus' followers includes women: 12 male disciples and an unspecified number female supporters (Mary Magdalene, Joanna, Susanna and "many others.") |
| Matthew 28:1-10 | Mary Magdalene and "the other Mary" were the first followers of Jesus to meet him after his resurrection |