There were stains upon the character of Tamar (Genesis. 38:11-30) and of Rahab (Joshua. 2:1), but Ruth is one of the Mary - like women of the Bible. (2) The mother of Solomon is referred to, not by ...

How women are portrayed in the Bible has been debated for many years. Indeed, there are quite a few passages that make us cringe, but this gallery is not about that.

There is the perception that the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament deal with women unfairly in many spheres; the need to understand why they do; the suspicion that an alternative past awaits ...