“The Sons of Rizpah – Reflections on a Mother’s Love”
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Claude Mariottini
Emeritus Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
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Those Amazing Women of Ancient Israel
CONTENTS
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Chapter 1 Those Amazing Women of Ancient Israel
Part 1
Israel’s Social Concern for Women
Chapter 2 Israel’s Concern for Women
Chapter 3 The Status of Women in Israelite Society
Chapter 4 The Deuteronomic Concern for Women
Chapter 5 The Tenth Commandment (Deuteronomy 5:21)
Chapter 6 The Law of the Hebrew Slave
Part 2
Women Prophets
Chapter 7 Women Prophets in the Old Testament
Chapter 8 Miriam the Prophetess
Chapter 9 Deborah the Prophetess
Chapter 10 Isaiah’s Wife
Chapter 11 Huldah, A Prophet in Israel
Chapter 12 Noadiah the Prophetess
Chapter 13 The Nameless Prophetesses in the Book of Ezekiel
Chapter 14 The Seven Prophetesses of the Old Testament
Chapter 15 Women Who Proclaim the Good News
Chapter 16 The Daughters of Heman
Chapter 17 “Your Daughters Shall Prophesy”
Part 3
The Mothers of Israel
Chapter 18 Sarah: A Mother in Her Old Age
Chapter 19 Hagar: The Surrogate Mother
Chapter 20 Rachel: The Struggles of a Barren Woman
Chapter 21 Moses’s Two Mothers
Chapter 22 Sisera’s Mother: The Humanization of the Enemy
Chapter 23 Samson’s Mother: A Mother’s Disappointment
Chapter 24 Hannah: “The Barren Has Borne Seven”
Chapter 25 Rizpah: Reflections on a Mother’s Love
Chapter 26 Bathsheba: A Mother with Determination
Chapter 27 Solomon and the Two Mothers
Chapter 28 Jeroboam’s Wife: A Mother’s Agony
Chapter 29 Jesus’s Great-Grandmothers
Chapter 30 The Other Great-Grandmothers of Jesus
Chapter 31 Jezebel: A Great-Grandmother of Jesus
Chapter 32 The Genealogy of Jesus According to His Great-Grandmothers
Part 4
Abused Women
Chapter 33 Dinah, the Daughter of Jacob
Chapter 34 Tamar, the Wife of Er
Chapter 35 The Levite’s Concubine
Chapter 36 Bathsheba, the Wife of Uriah
Chapter 37 Tamar, the Daughter of David
Part 5
Women of Distinction
Chapter 38 Rahab: A Prostitute or an Innkeeper?
Chapter 39 Deborah, A Judge in Israel
Chapter 40 Jael: A Heroine in Israel
Chapter 41 Ruth, the Moabite
Chapter 42 Ahinoam, the Mother of Amnon
Chapter 43 Abishag, the Shunammite
Chapter 44 The Greatness That Was Jezebel
Chapter 45 Esther, the Queen of Persia
Bibliography
Index of Scriptures
Index of Authors
Index of Subjects
Index of Hebrew Words
I hope you will enjoy reading the book and develop a new appreciation for these amazing women of Ancient Israel.
Claude Mariottini
Emeritus Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
Claude Mariottini
Emeritus Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary
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Dr. Claude Mariottini - Professor of Old Testament 
>I much appreciate you, Dr. Mariottini, for this piece on Rizpah, a gold star mother par excellence. You mentioned that she had watched over those seven dead corpses for more than 6 months. I wonder if you could help me out by giving the evidences you have for coming up with this length of duration. I have been looking and asking for a best estimate of the time span and the answers I have received range from 1 to 8 months. Thank you. You can reach me at benhsiau@yahoo.com.
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>Good stuff.A query . . .Were Rizpah’s sons ever in any line succession to Saul?Curious for a sermon Sunday.If you have the time, I’d sure appreciate it. You can contact me atCahoona@Juno.comwww.chrisitancadence.blogspot.comMany thanks! Hardy Ulmet
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>Good day. Blessings!I have a curiosity more than a comment. I would love to know what was Dr. Claude Mariottini's response to the first comment on this page in reference to: "I wonder if you could help me out by giving the evidences you have for coming up with this length of duration". I am invited to bring a message to a group on Mothers Day [December 8th in the Republic of Panama: The Feast of the Immaculate Conception!
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>Nelson,The answer is right there in the text: Rizpah remained at the foot of the cross "from the beginning of the harvest until rain fell on them fron the heavens." In ancient Israel the beginning of the harvest was generally in March and the beginning of the raining season was around October. Thus, from March to October we have about six months. I hope your sermon in Panama goes well. Let me know how you people responded to your sermon.Claude Mariottini
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Hello, my name is Eld. Lott I am seeking more info on Rizpah and her father Aiha and his tribe called the vultures. I have enjoyed your writtings. be blessed
Sincerely,
Randall Lott.
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Randall,
There is not much written on Rizpah. Even if you read a Bible dictionary, you will discover that the information about her and her family is very meager.
Claude Mariottini
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I’m impressed that your writings are so lowerful that they are plagiarized by people who admire your work in its entirety.
Example: http://wsvaonline.com/podcasts/7302017/
I do hope that your inspirational writings capture the hearts and minds to the word of the Lord and that all of the people who choose to use your writings identify where the source material came from
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David,
Thank you for this information. This has happened more than once and more than twice. I feel honored when people use posts from my blog as sermon material or in this case, as a devotional. The problem is that most of the time they never give credit where credit is due.
Once again, thank you for sending me the link to the podcast.
Claude Mariottini
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