Bad girls of the Bible : and what we can learn from them

Higgs, Liz Curtis.

Book 2013

Ten of the Bible's best-known femmes fatales parade across the pages of Bad Girls of the Bible with situations that sound oh-so-familiar. Eve had food issues. Potiphar's Wife and Delilah had man trouble. Lot's Wife and Michal couldn't let go of the past, Sapphira couldn't let go of money, and Jezebel couldn't let go of anything. Yet the Woman at the Well had her thirst quenched at last, while Rahab and the Sinful Woman left their sordid histories...

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ISBN:

9780307731975
1578561256
0307731979

Edition:

First revised edition

Description:

x, 270 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes study guide
Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

All about Evie--Eve : the first bad girl
Bored to distraction--Potiphar's wife : bad to the bone
Pillar of the community--Lot's wife : bad for a moment
Dying for a drink--the woman at the well : bad for a season, but not forever
The first cut is the deepest--Delilah : bad to the bone
Generous to a fault--Sapphira : bad for a moment
Knockin' on heaven's door--Rahab : bad for a season, but not forever
Friends in low places--Jezebel : bad to the bone
Out of step--Michal : bad for a moment
I beg your pardon--the sinful woman : bad for a season, but not forever

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973589

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