Speaking for Ourselves. Katerina Katsarka Whitley

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      Copyright © 1998 by Katerina Katsarka Whitley

       Morehouse Publishing

      P.O. Box 1321

      Harrisburg, PA 17105

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      Cover art: Jewish Museum, New York/SuperStock. Ruth Takes Away the Barley by James J. Tissot.

      Cover design by Trude Brummer

       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Whitley, Katerina Katsarka.

      Speaking for Ourselves : voices of biblical women / Katerina Katsarka Whitley.

      p. cm.

      Includes bibliographical references.

      ISBN 0-8192-1758-1 (pbk.)

      1. Women in the Bible. I. Title.

       To Dorothy L. Sayers and C. S. Lewis, and to DeWitt Myers and Rudy Whitley— all guides to the Light

       Contents

       Acknowledgments

       Introduction

       1. To a Poor Girl, Such Promises!

       Mary Remembers the Coming

       2. Was This the Promise God Had Given Me?

       Mary Remembers the Last Hours

       3. Being Called by Name

       A Witness to the Resurrection

       4. The Dance in the Womb

       Mother to One of God’s Chosen

       5. My Side of the Story

       Wife to One of God’s Chosen

       6. Even the Dogs Eat the Crumbs

       The Faith of an Outcast

       7. Spending It All for the Saints

       The First Convert in the Land of Alexander

       8. Jealous of God’s Favor

       Miriam’s Secret

       9. God of Our Mothers

       Ruth Gives Her Legacy to Obed

       10. Will Israel Ever Learn?

       Tamar Confronts Her Father, King David

       11. Is He Only a God of War?

       Michal Puzzles the Question

       12. My Name Is Not Israel

       Gomer’s Account of Her Story in Two Parts

       Bibliography