Only a scattering of the women in scripture are commonly referred to, yet scores of their enduring examples promise leaven to our lives and spice to our scriptural feast. Leaven: 150 Women in Scripture Whose Lives Lift Ours, the result of Jerrie Hurd’s longtime and careful search of the scriptures, offers a celebration of new perspectives from Holy Writ—some so fresh and original that they will amaze you! Her intelligent approach in these often personal essays is both informative and empowering.
Leaven provides life-lifting lessons not only from the righteous women in scripture, but from the unrighteous ones as well. Jerrie Hurd’s recipe includes ingredients such as “The Parables Jesus Taught Women” and “The Scriptures and the Single Woman.” Leaven answers such questions as: Who was Huldah and why was she called a prophetess? What does it mean to be called a “mother of Israel”? Why were Pharaoh’s midwives blessed of the Lord? What did Noah’s granddaughters have to do with the flood?
The author’s easy-to-read conversational style and seemingly endless supply of significant scriptural stories are truly Leaven—an informative and valuable resource, a catalyst for growth for both teachers and students of the scriptures.
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