Had Eve Come First and Jonah Been a Woman

Download or read book Had Eve Come First and Jonah Been a Woman written by Nancy Werking Poling and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2010-08-16 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Hebrew scripture men always get the exiting roles: leader, prophet, war hero. Convinced that women, too, need powerful stories that can inform them about who they are in relation to God, Nancy Werking Poling has imagined biblical men as women. A female Samson tells of the elders trying to take away her power; Nochat (Noah), who is trying to raise God-honoring children in violent times, rebukes God for destroying creation; Mosiah leads abused sisters to freedom; a female Jacob struggles with her capacity for deceit and destruction. Readers are sure to find inspiration in a creative approach to scripture that incorporates women's wisdom, suffering, and courage.