Seeing for Ourselves: Biblical Women Who Met Jesus

by Katerina Katsarka Whitley

In this provocative collection of dramatic monologues, the author gives powerful voice to the New Testament women who met Jesus before and after the Resurrection. There are many powerful women in the Bible, but their descriptions are almost always tantalizingly brief. If they had the chance to tell their own stories in their own voices, what would they have said? Basing her interpretation of these women on extensive research, Katerina Whitley puts herself in their shoes, giving today’s listeners a fuller understanding of each of their stories. The women explored, some well-known and others less familiar, include the Virgin Mary, Miriam, Mary Magdalene, Elizabeth, the Syrophoenician or Canaanite woman, Lydia, Ruth, Martha, Gomer, Michal, Tamar, and Peter’s wife. Each woman speaks for herself in these monologues, in a way that brings the biblical issues and questions into contemporary focus. An introduction to each woman and study questions at the end of each piece make this an ideal book for individuals and groups.

110 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Katerina Whitley was born in Thessaloniki, Greece where St. Paul established a church early in his ministry. His imagined presence and the echo of his words have been foundational in the author's life and thought. Even though she lives in the U.S, she remains deeply grateful for her Greek heritage both ancient and modern. She has published 5 books including Seeing for Ourselves, Speaking for Ourselves, Walking the Way of Sorrows, and a cookbook, Around a Greek Table. This is her first novel.

Reviews

[Marcia Kephart · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent perspective about women who met Jesus from each person's personal experience very well thought out and written referanceing the bible versis the stories were based on....