Women in the New Testament

Catherine A. Cory is professor emerita of theology at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. She earned her MA degree in theology from Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary and her PhD in Christianity and Judaism in antiquity from the University of Notre Dame. She enjoys teaching adult faith formation classes and writing for those who want to know more about the New Testament and what it means for us today. Cory is also the author of Little Rock Scripture Study’s Revelation.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Welcome   7
     What materials will you use?   8
     How will you use these materials?   8
Lesson One (Introduction and Mary, Mother of Jesus)   11
Lesson Two (Women Beneficiaries of Jesus’ Miracles)   31
Lesson Three (The Samaritan Woman of John’s Gospel)   47
Lesson Four (Mary and Martha, Models of Devotion and Service)   63
Lesson Five (Mary Magdalene, Apostle of the Resurrection)   81
Lesson Six (Other Important But Lesser-Known Women of the New Testament)   97
For Further Investigation   114
Praying with Your Group   117
Reflecting on Scripture   119