Women of Bible Lands is an anthology of biblical and early stories about women from the nineteenth century B.C.E. to the ninth century C.E. Ancient words and journeys strengthen modern readers for a challenging pilgrimage from the head to the heart as they travel in spirit through the Holy Land to Greece, Turkey, and North Africa. ENDORSEMENTS “Martha Ann Kirk shows herself to be a wonderfully imaginative and resourceful guide to lives of women in Bible lands.” — Teresa Berger, Divinity School, Duke University “Forgotten stories, lost memories, sacred places, holy lives—all witnessing to the gift of faithful women in the biblical lands.” — Barbara E. Bowe, RSCJ, professor of New Testament, Catholic Theological Union CONTENTS Part One: Reclaiming Women's Stories and Journeys discusses the types of women that have been remembered in the Christian tradition and examines the scarcity of women's writings and the possibilities of women's oral tradition within the Bible and other early sources. Chapters in Part One are: "Shards and Stories," "'As a Mother Hen Gathers Her Brood Under Her Wings,'" "The Pilgrimage to the Womb of Compassion," "Seeking the True Cross, Seeking the True Helena," "Ascetic Life, an Inner Journey; Paula and Egeria, Their Outer and Inner Journeys," and "Guides for Reading." Part Two: Stories, Sites, and Maps includes introductions to the sites, maps, information about or by women or female images of God, and selections from the Bible or an early Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Coptic, Syriac, or Arabic text. Chapters in Part Two are: "The Old City of Jerusalem," "Other Sites in Jerusalem," "Sites in Israel and Palestine," "Sinai, Egypt, and Tunisia," "Iran, Iraq, Jordan," "Lebanon and Syria," "Greece and the Mediterranean Islands," and "Turkey." LITURGICAL PRESS Includes maps and illustrations throughout 4.25 x 8.5 inches, 376 pages
	MARTHA ANN KIRK (C.C.V.I., Th.D.) is professor of religious studies at the University of the Incarnate Word. She has also been a research scholar at Tantur Ecumenical Institute in Jerusalem, and regularly leads study trips to the Bible lands.