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LITTLE-KNOWN WOMEN
OF THE BIBLE

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Little-Known Women
of the Bible

BY

EVELEEN HARRISON

ROUND TABLE PRESS, INC.

NEW YORK, 1936

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Copyright, 1936,
by ROUND TABLE PRESS, INC.
All rights reserved

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
BY SELECT PRINTING COMPANY, INC., NEW YORK

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To
 Some well-beloved women
little known by the world today,
in whose company we are always at our best,
whose friendship has been a benediction
in my life and in the lives of others,
this book is dedicated.

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CONTENTS

Old Testament
LEAH: The Unwanted Wife Who Became the Mother of Israel's Tribes 11
MIRIAM: The Talented Daughter of a Wise Mother Who Saved the Life of the Emancipator of Israel 23
DEBORAH: The Jeanne d'Arc of the Hebrews 38
MICHAL: The Daughter of a King Who Married a Shepherd 53
THE GREAT WOMAN OF SHUNEM: She Lived in a House by the Side of the Road and Became a Friend to Man 68

New Testament
ELIZABETH: A Mother Foretold in a Vision 79
ANNA THE PROPHETESS: The First Woman to Acknowledge Christ as the Promised Messiah 94
THE SYROPHENICIAN WOMAN: The Triumph of a Mother's Faith 103
CLAUDIA PROCULA: The Only One to Plead for the Release of the Christ 112
LYDIA OF THYATIRA: The First Convert to Christianity in All Europe 124
BIBLE REFERENCES 134

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Foreword

THESE sketches of some of the little-known women of the Bible are more than portraits, more than little journeys into the country and times of these famous women, they are moving pictures of dramatic moments in their lives in which their vibrant voices tell the story.

Many will read this book--some for instruction, some for its inspiring materials for mystery plays and pageants--and all will be grateful to the author for its beauty and its inescapable quality of reality.

ERNEST MILMORE STIRES,
Bishop of Long Island.

Bishop's House
Garden City, N. Y.