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Most of the women described in this study were atypical biblical
women. Israelite women, like women in most cultures of the world,
had status principally within the home. However, exceptional women
occasionally had prominent roles outside the home and dared to
assert themselves. The chapters contain biographical sketches, with
comparisons to contemporary women's roles, of two dozen women.
Beginning with Sarah of Ur and ending with Priscilla of Rome, their
lives range over an era of nearly two millennia.
These women were, at crucial times, sagacious in decision making
and skillful in executing their decisions. They made such a
distinctive mark on the events of their time to be remembered by
subsequent generations as more than breeders of male heirs. Each
woman's story relates how a dynamic woman was able to swim against
the strong currents of patriarchy. To make explicit the relevancy
of this study, the brief biographies are related to such current
feminist issues as surrogate parenting, gender stereotyping, and
civil disobedience over unequal treatment by governments.
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