including other women. But above all, she records her prophetic visions. Through them, she was not merely reconciled passively to her fate, but claimed the power to define the meaning of her own ...

The widow from Nain whose only son had died witnessed Jesus' power even over death (Luke 7:11-17 ... 2:1), but Ruth is one of the Mary - like women of the Bible. (2) The mother of Solomon is referred ...