Title: Women of Destiny: The Women of the Old Testament  Author: Dr. Lucy Fuchs ISBN: 0-8189-0863-7  Paperback: viii + 136 pp.  Price: $8.95 + shipping  To Order call:  1 800-343-ALBA (2522)  Please have your Master, Visa  or American Express card ready

What strong women these women of the Old Testament were! The roles they were asked to play were challenging ones, but they managed to rise to the occasion. They were not plastic saints whose lives bear no resemblance to our own. In fact, they seem as real as our next door neighbors. It is because Deborah and Judith, Esther and Eve, Susanna and Hannah, Naomi and Ruth and all the others are so real that they can serve as role models. No matter whether they are wives or mothers or neither; no matter if they are ambitious or retiring, gentle or rambunctious, young and beautiful, old and wrinkled they were women of destiny. And they tell the women of today that they, too, are women of destiny, whatever their path in life may be.

 

Dr. Lucy Fuchs, the author of Forgiveness: God's Gift of Love (Alba House, 1990), Gifts and Giving (Alba House, 1991) and We Were There (Alba House, 1993), received her Ph.D. in Education at the University of Southern Florida and is presently on the faculty of Education at Saint Leo College, Florida. An educator all of her adult life, she has taught in both Catholic and public schools in three states. She has written over a dozen books and published over 200 articles in a variety of periodicals.  Reviews "Thirty-three sketches of women from the Old Testament are presented in order that women today might be inspired by their courage and determination. There are stories of mothers, daughters, and wives, queens and prostitutes, holy women and women of questionable reputation. The accounts are quite short, only a few pages each. They are not critical analyses, but reflections intended to tap into experience. Each ends with questions for discussion which not only open the story to deeper appreciation but also make connections with contemporary life. This is a fine tool for Bible study or women group discussions." --Sr. Dianne Bergant, C.S.A. in The Bible Today, November-December 2000 "This little book contains 30 well-written stories of Old Testament women familiar to us usually by name only. The author brings these women to life so that they seem to be our next-door neighbors or members of our own parish. Fuchs, an educator and seasoned writer, brings out the gifts of each of these women. Whether it is Gomer, Rebecca, Ruth and Naomi, Rachel or Susanna, the reader will find new insights from this fine collection of stories. Recommended as a gift for the women in your life, regardless of whether they are young in age or young at heart. Excellent for high school, college and parish libraries. --Sister John Martin Ebrom, CDP in Ministry & Liturgy, August 2000 "Brief portraits: A series of brief portraits of over 30 women of the Hebrew Scriptures is presented in a new book by author/educator Dr. Lucy Fuchs. Title: Women of Destiny: The Women of the Old Testament. Chapters (most 3 pages, maximum) aim to provide clear insights into the life, culture, character of these biblical women and to point out characteristics in common with today's society. Each chapter has discussion questions (for study groups as well as individual reflection). 144 pages, soft cover." --Crux of the News, May 22, 2000 Top of Page