women in the bible exam 2 study guide

ruth

moabite widow

daughter in law of naomi

naomi

israelite woman whose 2 sons die

mother in law of ruth

esther

relative of mordecai

hides her jewish identity

mordecai

enemy of haman

relative and guide of esther

haman

descendent of agog

enemy of the jews and mordecai

boaz

second husband of ruth

elimelech’s relative

abishag

virgin sent to david to keep him warm

requested by adonijah through bathsheba

bathsheba

wife of uriah and david

mother of solomon

michal

saul’s daughter who saves david from assassination

criticizes david for dancing in front of the ark

nathan

prophet of david

tells david the story of the lamb to criticize him for killing uriah

david

father of solomon

rival of saul

jezebel

rival of elijah

wife of ahab

hannah

barren woman whose request for child was granted

mother of samuel

eli

priest who didn’t get it when hannah was praying for a child

raises samuel

penninah

rival of hannah

wife of elkanah

samuel

the LAST judge

ONLY person who was judge, prophet, and nazirite

saul

first king of israel from tribe of benjamin

denounced by samuel

tamar 2

raped by amnon

daughter of david

abigail

widow of nabal

marries david

vashti

denounced by ahasuerus

replaced with esther

isaiah’s wife

called a prophetess

but she does not perform prophet duties

ahasuerus

king of persia

denounces vashti for esther

jeremiah

prophet in the midst of exile

follows his people to egypt because he’s mushite

baruch ben neriyah

wrote parts of deuteronomy

scribe of jeremiah

elkanah

husband of penninah and hannah

father of samuel

3 ways jeroboam’s wife’s identity is removed from the story

she is unnamed

she has no lines

she is in disguise

explain how job’s wife is presented in the story. how are her feelings and emotions discussed?

she is dismissed, belittled, and presented negatively

discuss how jezebel is presented in the book of 2 kings. why is the way she is presented significant? how does her behavior and portrayal compare to other wives of kings?

she has a LOT of power, authority, and influence

but the author portrays this very negatively; she is the enemy of the story

abigail and bathsheba used wit and manipulation to achieve their goals and the author was fine with this, whereas jezebel was villainized by the author of 2 kings for the same kind of behavior.

what are the major differences between the hebrew and septuagint versions of esther? how does her character change? what is the other major change between the 2 versions?

goes from being confident to fainting at the sight of her own husband

esther is the hero in the hebrew, whereas God is the hero in the septuagint version

God is inserted into the story in the septuagint version and becomes the hero

discuss the story of judith. how is she presented as a character? how does that compare to people like jael, esther, and ruth?

she is presented as very beautiful; her beauty and her widowhood are her main focus in the story

she is like esther in that they both use similar means (beauty/s3xuality) to accomplish their goals

she and ruth look very similar to the proverbs 31’s portrayal of the “ideal woman”

she kills someone like jael does, but it takes her much more effort to do so than it did jael