Here’s a look back at what Jesus said about women in the Bible. In the canonical New Testament, Jesus has a number of interactions with women. Women are present at every stage of Jesus’ life and he ...

In today’s Gospel, we hear the story often called “The Woman Caught in Adultery,” but a new label is needed, one that places emphasis where it was intended. Perhaps, “The Woman Whom Jesus Saw and ...

In the fourth chapter of John’s Gospel, Jesus encounters a Samaritan woman drawing water from Jacob’s well. Although little is known about this anonymous woman, it is at least implied by their ...

She should be stoned to death, her accusers say. In John 8:2-12, Jesus' opponents bring to him a woman they claim was caught in adultery, cite legal justification for executing adulterers, and ask ...

Karen L. King is Professor of New Testament Studies and the History of Ancient Christianity at Harvard University in the Divinity School. She has published widely in the areas of Gnosticism, ancient ...

When I picked up this book and scanned the table of contents to see which biblical women James McGrath writes about, I admit that I made some hasty judgments. What will he—a male scholar—add to what I ...

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Journey with America’s editors as they reflect on Scripture, prayer, fasting and almsgiving both in written form and on “The Word” podcast. Find all the reflections and more Lent resources here. in ...

The Gospels for the Third, Fourth and Fifth Sundays of Lent can vary (though not this year). Because Lent is the immediate period of preparation of catechumens for Baptism at the Easter Vigil, the ...