Women and the Bible

Women of the Gospel of Mark
http://www.spiritualitytoday.org/spir2day/91432minor.html  
Mitzi Minor: The Women of the Gospel of Mark and Contemporary Women's Spirituality 

Women and Gender
http://www.ntgateway.com/women/
Dr. Mark Goodacre, University of Birmingham

Women and Gender: Books, Article and Reviews 
http://ntgateway.com/women/articles.htm
Mark Goodacre blog.

Diotima  
http://www.stoa.org/diotima/
Materials for the study of women and gender in the ancient world.

Back to the Well: Womens Encounters with Jesus in the Gospels
http://www.fbs.org.au/reviews/gench53.html  
Review of the book by Framces Taylor Gench.
(Louisville: WJK Press, 2004). Pp. xvi+192. $US19.95..

The Prominence of Women in the Gospel of Luke   
http://www.gci.org/bible/luke/women
Michael Morrison

Feminist Companion to Paul 
http://www.bookreviews.org/bookdetail.asp?TitleId=4446

Paul and Women   
http://www.bookreviews.org/pdf/5785_6106.pdf
Jerome Murphy O'Connor, Cettina Militello, Maria-Luisa Rigato

Women in the Bible and the Lectionary   
http://www.cta-usa.org/reprint6-96/fox.html
Ruth Fox OSB

Women in the Bible   
http://www.womeninthebible.net/
Elizabeth Fletcher. OT and NT, thumbnails and cameos of each.

Women of the Bible   
http://www.alabaster-jars.com/womenindex.html
Long alphabetical list with link to expanded material.

Women of the Bible   
http://www.usnews.com/features/news/religion/women-of-the-bible.html
US News and  World Report

WebBible Encycyclopedia   
http://www.christiananswers.net/dictionary/women.html
Long alphabetical list with link to each

Women in the Bible   
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_Bible_views_on_women
Wikipedia (free encyclopedia). Multiple links

Raymond Brown, "Roles of Women in the Fourth Gospel," Theological Studies, 36/4 (December 1975): 688.

 

WOMEN - ORDINATION - BIBLE

 

Can Women be Priests: Pontifical Biblical Commission
PBC Pontifical Biblical Commission report. Origins 6 (July 1, 1976), 92-96.CTSA
This was not published in the AAS (Acta Apostolicae Sedis)http://www.womenpriests.org/classic/appendix.asp .
http://www.womenpriests.org/classic/tetlow4.asp     Extensive bibliography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_the_Bible Wikipedia
 

CTSA (Catholic Theological  Society of America): Tradition and the Ordination of Women http://www.natcath.org/NCR_Online/documents/ctsa1.htm


Cardinal Avery Dulles
http://astro.temple.edu/~arcc/anon03.htm
Tradition says no.

Women Priests: Internet Library   
http://www.womenpriests.org/scholars.asp
List of many sources, pro and con.

"Why Not? Scripture, History & Women's  Ordination"   
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Robert J EganCommonweal April 11, 2008.You need to log in to get the article.

Women & The Priesthood   
Sara Butler, Commonweal July 18, 2008. Response to the Egan article above and a reply to  Butler by R Egan.

Ordination of Women   
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordination_of_women
Wikipedia (open source encyclopedia)

Cardinal sees no objection
http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/cardinal-sees-no-theological-obstacle-women-priests

 
Why Not Women?
http://www.americamagazine.org/content/article.cfm?article_id=13590
Emil A. Wcela, Bishop and Scripture scholar, about female deacons. America magazine Oct 1, 2012.

See" Get the facts in order: A history of womens leadership
By A U.S. Catholic interview
This article appeared in the January 2013 issue of U.S. Catholic (Vol. 78, No. 1, pages 18-22.)

The Meaning of Ordination and How Women Were Gradually Excluded.
http://www.bishop-accountability.org/news2013/01_02/2013_01_16_Macy_Meaningof.htm
Gary Macy, National Catholic Reporter, January 16, 2013. Google Gary Macy for his other writings on this topic.

 

 

ROMAN DOCUMENTS ON ORDINATION AND WOMEN

   

Inter insigniores 1976
http://ewtn.com/library/curia/cdfinsig.htm

Declaration on the Admission of Women to the Ministerial Priesthood (15 October 1976) Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith

Mulieris dignitatem 1988
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_15081988_mulieris-dignitatem_en.html
On the Dignity and Vocation of Women

Christifideles laici 1988
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_jp-ii_exh_30121988_christifideles-laici_en.html On the Vocation and the Mission of the Lay Faithful in the Church and in the World.

Pastores dabo vobis 1992
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_jp-ii_exh_25031992_pastores-dabo-vobis_en.html
On the Formation of Priests in the Circumstances of the Present Day

Ordinatio Sacerdotalis 1994
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_22051994_ordinatio-sacerdotalis_en.html On Reserving Ordination to Men Alone.

Portugese  Cardinal sees no objection
http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=10808
June 2011

 

Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene   
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Magdalene
Wikipedia. Multiple links.