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The Forgotten Women of the Bible begins with the retelling of the Gospel account of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes, the miracle most familiar to Christians. Mark's account adds a phrase that changes the whole story. "Five thousand men were fed, not counting women and children." This is where this book takes off. Page after page presents us with the incredible fact that women throughout scripture and church history went unnamed and unnoticed. But the women are there in incredible numbers in the Old and New Testament, in miracle accounts, in stories of bravery and wisdom. They are…mehr

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The Forgotten Women of the Bible begins with the retelling of the Gospel account of the multiplication of the loaves and fishes, the miracle most familiar to Christians. Mark's account adds a phrase that changes the whole story. "Five thousand men were fed, not counting women and children." This is where this book takes off. Page after page presents us with the incredible fact that women throughout scripture and church history went unnamed and unnoticed. But the women are there in incredible numbers in the Old and New Testament, in miracle accounts, in stories of bravery and wisdom. They are teachers, prophets, judges, healers, deacons. Yet the passages proclaiming them are either excised from the lectionary or left out altogether. It is time that they are named and proclaimed.
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Autorenporträt
Sister Sandra Makowski, SSMN, JCL holds a Master's Degree in religious studies as well as a licentiate in canon law. Along with the knowledge gained from her studies, she writes from her first-hand experience as a woman working in the Catholic Church for forty -seven years as teacher, canonist, judge and Chancellor for the Diocese of Charleston, SC.