Women of the Gospels

A journey in nine stories
Following on from her bestselling books Women of Holy Week and Women of the Nativity, Paula Gooder retells nine Biblical stories of Jesus’s encounters with women, imagining these figures following Jesus to Jerusalem and telling their stories together.
Following on from her bestselling books Women of Holy Week and Women of the Nativity, Paula Gooder retells nine Biblical stories of Jesus’s encounters with women.Imagining these figures following Jesus to Jerusalem and telling their stories together, Paula introduces us to women who break the rules to be near Jesus, speak to him for longer than any male character recorded, and even stand up to him. Accompanied by paintings by priest-artist Ally Barrett, Women of the Gospels invites you to walk alongside:- Simon’s mother-in-law – The Syrophoenician woman – The woman with the haemorrhage – Jairus’ daughter – The woman bent double – The widow from Nain