The Bible's legacy for womanhood
Edition: [1st ed.].
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Garden City, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
Subjects: Religious life; Christian women; Women in the Bible
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-326).
Table of contents: title: Section I. Woman's high destiny. In the creation; title: In her communication with God; title: In her relationship to God; title: In the stream of the generations; title: In her role as "keeper of the springs"; title: Section II. A magna charta for womanhood. Their God-given rights; title: Their status in the sanctuary; title: Their occupations and creativity; title: Their status as national leaders; title: The responsible role of little, obscure ones; title: Section III. The eternally feminine. Their never changing characteristics; title: Their emotional conflicts; title: How they looked and what they wore; title: Beauty in womanhood; title: Romantic love in womanhood; title: Sexual sanctity in womanhood; title: Section IV. Her denial of her legacy. Those who do not hear the word; title: The influence of Pagan Goddesses; title: The harlot (prostitute) and the adulterer; title: Amos- those who never have enough; title: Isaiah- the fashionable and frivolous; title: Jeremiah- those who worship false gods; title: Ezekiel- the lewd and the worshipers of false cults; title: Woman's inescapable man-made disabilities; title: Section V. Woman's legacy from Christ and his church. His mother, a true handmaid of [the] Lord; title: His example of prayer and worship; title: His example of stewardship and witness; title: On bringing the visible from the invisible; title: His spiritual revelations to women; title: His other gifts; title: The ministering women about him; title: Their harvest from bearing his crosses; title: Their service to his church; title: Imperishable legacy- the fruits of the Spirit.