Women of the Bible

The women whose stories Scripture actually tells — not tidied into lessons, but read closely: what happened to them, what they did, and what the text does and does not say about it.

Abigail

Abigail was married to a wealthy, hostile man named Nabal. When his insult brought David and four hundred armed men down on her ho…

Esther

Esther was a Jewish orphan who became queen of Persia and risked her life to expose a plot to destroy her people. Her cousin Morde…

Hannah

Hannah was a woman who could not have children and prayed at Shiloh in such anguish that the priest thought she was drunk. She ask…

Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene was a woman Jesus freed from seven demons who followed and funded his ministry, stayed at the cross, and was the fi…

Mary, the Mother of Jesus

Mary was a woman in Nazareth who answered the angel Gabriel with “I am the Lord’s servant; may it be to me according to your word.…

Ruth

Ruth was a Moabite widow who left her homeland to stay with her mother-in-law Naomi, saying “where you go I will go.” She gleaned …