Women in the Bible

PERSONIFICATIONS AND DEITIES OF APOCRYPHA

Jerusalem/Zion as Widow and Mother Tobit 13:9; 1 Macc 38-40; Baruch 4:5-5:9

• "Jerusalem/Zion as Widow and Mother" (pp.530-531) by Carey A. Moore in Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament, edited by Carol Meyers (2001)

• "Baruch" by Patricia K. Tull in Women’s Bible Commentary, edited by Carol A. Newsom and Sharon H. Ringe (1998)

• "Images of Jerusalem in the Hebrew Bible" by Leslie Hoppe

Female Images of God in the Apocryphal Books 2 Esdras 1:15-30; 2:2-4; 8:8-12

• "Female Images of God in the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books" (pp.524-525) by Walter J. Harrelson in Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament, edited by Carol Meyers (2001)

• "2 Esdras" by E. Elizabeth Johnson in Women’s Bible Commentary, edited by Carol A. Newsom and Sharon H. Ringe (1998)

• "Gender of God" by Hanne Løland Levinson

• "Feminine Images of God" by Yehudah Mirsky

Church as Mother and Wet Nurse 2 Esdras 2:15-32

• "Church as Mother and Wet Nurse" (p.516-517) by Walter J. Harrelson in Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament, edited by Carol Meyers (2001)

• "2 Esdras" by E. Elizabeth Johnson in Women’s Bible Commentary, edited by Carol A. Newsom and Sharon H. Ringe (1998)

Earth as Mother 2 Esdras 5:48-49; 7:54-55, 62; 10:9-10

• "Earth as Mother" (pp.520-521) by Walter J. Harrelson in Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament, edited by Carol Meyers (2001)

• "2 Esdras" by E. Elizabeth Johnson in Women’s Bible Commentary, edited by Carol A. Newsom and Sharon H. Ringe (1998)

Weeping Woman--Jerusalem as a City Being Built 2 Esdras 9:38-10:59

• "Weeping Woman—Jerusalem/Zion as a City Being Built" (pp.542-543) by Walter J. Harrelson in Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament, edited by Carol Meyers (2001)

• "2 Esdras" by E. Elizabeth Johnson in Women’s Bible Commentary, edited by Carol A. Newsom and Sharon H. Ringe (1998)

• "Images of Jerusalem in the Hebrew Bible" by Leslie Hoppe

Asia as a Prostitute 2 Esdras 15:46-63; 16:1-2

• "Asia as a Prostitute" (p.512) by Walter J. Harrelson in Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament, edited by Carol Meyers (2001)

• "2 Esdras" by E. Elizabeth Johnson in Women’s Bible Commentary, edited by Carol A. Newsom and Sharon H. Ringe (1998)

• I and II Esdras by Jacob M. Myers (1974)

Righteousness and Iniquity as Females 2 Esdras 16:49-52

• "Righteousness and Iniquity as Females" (pp.539-540) by Walter J. Harrelson in Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament, edited by Carol Meyers (2001)

• "2 Esdras" by E. Elizabeth Johnson in Women’s Bible Commentary, edited by Carol A. Newsom and Sharon H. Ringe (1998)

Nanea 2 Macc 1:13-17

• "Nanea" (pp.533-534) by Toni Craven in Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament, edited by Carol Meyers (2001)

• "Nanea" by Albert Pietersma in The Anchor Bible Dictionary, vol. 4 (1992)

Atargatis 2 Macc 12:26

• "Atargatis" (pp.513-514) by Toni Craven in Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament, edited by Carol Meyers (2001)

• "Atargatis" by Scott T. Carroll in The Anchor Bible Dictionary, vol. 1 (1992)

Enemy Cities as Female Bar 4:32-35

• "Enemy Cities as Female" (p.521) by Carey A. Moore in Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament, edited by Carol Meyers (2001)

• "Baruch" by Patricia K. Tull in Women’s Bible Commentary, edited by Carol A. Newsom and Sharon H. Ringe (1998)

Woman Wisdom Wisdom 6:12-11:1

• See Apocryphal Women: Prominent Women