Women in the Bible

Mary (Mother of Jesus)

Matthew 1:16; Mark 3:31;Luke 1:26-28; John 2:1; Acts 1:14

• Matthew 1:16 …and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, who bore Jesus, who is called the Messiah.

• Mark 3:31 Then his mother and his brothers came, and standing outside they sent to him and called him.

• Luke 1:26-28 In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a town in Galilee called Nazareth, to a virgin engaged to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. And he came to her and said, “Greetings, favored one! The Lord is with you.”

• John 2:1 On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.

• Acts 1:14 All these were constantly devoting themselves to prayer, together with certain women, including Mary the mother of Jesus, as well as his brothers.

List of Reading & Resources:

Articles

• "Mary, the Mother of Jesus" by Stephen J. Shoemaker

• "Portraits of Mary in the Gospels" by Stephen C. Carlson

• "Mary of God" by Wilda C. Gafney

• “Mary Meets an Angel” Season 4 Episode 1 podcast episode on The Bible Binge (December 2, 2018)

• "Mary's Slave Song: The Tensions and Turnarounds of Faithfully Reading Doulē in the Magnificat" by Raquel S. Lettsome (2021)

Books

• Mary, Mother of Martyrs by Kathleen Gallagher (2018)

• "One More Time with Assata on My Mind: A Womanist Rereading of the Escape to Egypt (Matt 2:13-23) in Dialogue with an African American Woman Fugitive Narrative" by Shively T.J. Smith in Womanist Interpretations of the Bible (2016)

• Mary, the Feminine Face of the Church by Rosemary Radford Ruether (1977)