Carol Meyers holds the Mary Wilson Professorship inReligion at Duke University. Toni Craven (1944-2025) was Professor Emerita of the Hebrew Bible at Brite Divinity School at Texas Christian University. She won many teaching awards throughout her career, including Texas Christian University's Burlington Northern Foundation Faculty Achievement Award and the Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Teaching. Craven's scholarly research and published work often focused on the intersection of gender and religious texts. She was coeditor (with Carol Meyers and Ross Shepherd Kraemer) of Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal/Deuterocanonical Books, and the New Testament. Professor of New Testament at Brown University.
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Harvey Cox "This is it--the one indispensable resource for anyone seriously interested in understanding the hundreds of women who appear in the Bible. Balanced, accurate, and fascinating to peruse and consult." Roland E. Murphy "By means of adroit organization and close textual reading, the invisible have become visible; the hidden influence of women, named and unnamed, in biblical times is now manifest from the hundreds of entries in this handy encyclopedia." Susannah Heschel "This is the most thorough and systematic survey ever undertaken of women in the Hebrew and Christian scriptures. The editors have gathered articles by the finest scholars, who present the most up-to-date results of biblical scholarship on women. An indispensable companion for anyone studying the Bible." The Christian Science Monitor "Women in Scripture is a remarkable reference book here to stay." Publishers Weekly "Prophets, poets, prostitutes -- and all other women named and unnamed in the Bible -- are finally given their due in what is not your usual biblical dictionary." Library Journal "Splendid. . . A monumental reference work that resurrects women from anonymity."