Women in the Story of Jesus: The Gospels Through the Eyes of Nineteenth-Century Female Biblical Interpreters

Gathering the writings of thirty-one nineteenth-century women on the stories of women in the Gospels, Women in the Story of Jesus examines such women as Mary and Martha, Anna, the Samaritan woman at the well, Herodias and Salome, Mary Magdalene, and more. Retrieving and analyzing rarely read works by Christina Rossetti, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Elizabeth Wordsworth, and many others, this anthology illuminates the biblical text, recovers a neglected chapter of reception history, and helps us understand and apply Scripture in our present context.