TY - BOOK AU - Blue, Debbie, TI - Consider the women: a provocative guide to three matriarchs of the Bible SN - 9780802874290 paperback alkaline paper AV - BS575 .B57 2019 PY - 2019/// CY - Grand Rapids, Michigan PB - William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company KW - Hagar (Biblical figure) KW - Esther, Queen of Persia KW - Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint KW - Matriarchs (Bible) KW - Women in the Bible KW - Women and religion KW - Abrahamic religions N1 - Includes bibliographical references N2 - "Join author Debbie Blue as she embarks on the unorthodox, subversive paths of Hagar, Esther, and Mary and envisions more hopeful possibilities for faith, human connection, and love in our divided, violent world"--|cProvided by publisher; Blue looks closely at Hagar (mother of Islam), Esther (Jewish heroine), and Mary (Christian matriarch), and finds in them unexpected and inviting new ways of navigating faith and life. Readers will be led to envision more expansive and hopeful possibilities for faith, human connection, and love in our divided, violent world. -- adapted from back cover ER -