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| Introduction | |
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| The Book of Names | |
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| The Book of Stories | |
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| Abigail and the Sudden Smile | |
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| Anna and the Homecoming | |
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| Athaliah and the Almost-Perfect Plan | |
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| Bathsheba and the Rising of the Spring | |
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| Deborah and the Cautious Commander | |
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| Delilah and the Deadly Lure | |
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| Dinah and the Impetuous Brothers | |
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| Elizabeth and the Longed-for Child | |
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| The Ephraimite Levite's Concubine and the Price of Honor | |
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| Esther and the Balance of Power | |
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| Eve and the Charms of the Plausible Stranger | |
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| Eve and the First Fruits | |
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| Hagar and the Impatient Wife | |
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| Hannah and the Excellent Bargain | |
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| Herodias and the Inconvenient Prophet | |
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| Jael and the Desperate General | |
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| Jehosheba and the Vanishing King | |
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| Jephthah's Daughter and the Cost of Victory | |
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| Jezebel and the Stubborn Prophet | |
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| Judith and the Edge of the Blade | |
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| Lot's Daughters and the Wasted Life | |
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| Mahlah and the Challenged Inheritance | |
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| Manoah's Wife and the Wonder-Son | |
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| Martha and the War for Order | |
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| Mary and the Costly Nard | |
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| Mary and the Mothering of God | |
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| Mary and the Quiet Time Between | |
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| Mary and the Sword of Sorrow | |
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| Mary Magdalene and the Questing Heart | |
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| Michal and the Dancing King | |
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| Miriam and the Younger Brothers | |
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| The Patriot Woman of Thebez and the Grasping General | |
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| Potiphar's Wife and the Respectful Slave | |
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| Puah, Shiphrah and the Thwarting of the Pharaoh | |
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| Rachel, Leah and the Duping of the Bridegroom | |
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| Rahab and the Scarlet Cord | |
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| Rebekah and the Camels of Courtship | |
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| Rebekah and the Golden Opportunity | |
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| Rhoda and the Knock at the Door | |
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| Rizpah and the Bones | |
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| Ruth and the Unexpected Gleaning | |
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| Salome and the Silken Snare | |
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| The Samaritan Woman and the Meeting at the Well | |
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| Samson's Wife and the Coils of Betrayal | |
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| Sapphira and the Better Bargain | |
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| Sarah and the Bridal-Night Demon | |
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| Sarah and the End of Patience | |
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| The Shunammite Mother and the Promise Kept | |
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| The Sidonian Widow and the Last Meal-Cake | |
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| Susanna and the Weighty Word | |
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| Tabitha and the Other Side of the Journey | |
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| Tamar and the Long Way Around | |
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| Tamar and the Broken Bread | |
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| The Wise Woman from Abel and the Obvious Solution | |
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| The Woman and the Shattered Jar | |
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| The Woman and the Stone Unthrown | |
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| Bibliography | |