M. L. Del Mastro

I have participated in numerous bible studies through the years & would suggest this particular book for youth that are being re-introduced to the bible only because it is far from boring & extremely fictionalized. It would certainly keep their attention! If you read it or choose to use it in your study, note that the second half is the author's interpretation of these individual's lives. Which doesn't necessarily make it a bad thing, I viewed it as artistic expression & found it entertaining! Not trite & boring which theology itself can be at times.… (mer)

All The Women Of The Bible
M. L. Del Mastro
Castle Books (2004), Hardcover, 425 pages

As an encyclopedic reference it gives short biographical sketches - in as much as is known - and bibliography of where these women appear. It was interesting to encounter a number of names and situations that I had missed entirely or forgotten when studying in a principally male Seminary.

Not the fascinating pleasure reading one might hope for, but a fine resource if you are trying to track down a contextual comment or are looking for references to how women might have been perceived in Biblical times.

From both a Women's Studies and Theological standpoint it does provide a well indexed body of information, some fairly obscure, which can then be expanded upon with the use of other resources.… (mer)