Major Review: Women in the Bible

Abstract

the Scope and aimS of this book are quite ambitious. Jaime Clark-Soles sets out eight goals: 1) address wellknown biblical women from fresh perspectives; 2) lift up stories of women that have been ignored; 3) reinstate biblical women who have been erased; 4) consider symbolic feminized figures; 5) explore the ways the Bible employs feminine images and the ways it moves across or beyond gender; 6) address the status of women in ancient Israelite society, in Roman Palestine and the empire more broadly, and in the early church; 7) present insights from new perspectives that have emerged both from growing attention to women in the Bible and contemporary women’s active engagement; and 8) point the reader to resources for further study. The audience she envisions includes clergy and lay leaders, both women and men, especially preachers and leaders of Bible study.