In this comprehensive book, the first of its kind, Alice Ogden Bellis shares the work of many feminist biblical scholars who have examined women's stories in the last twenty-five years. These stories are powerful accounts of women in the Old Testament stories that have profoundly affected how women understand themselves. Bellis discusses the story of Eve; women in the books of Genesis, Exodus, and Numbers, Joshua and Judges, 1 and 2 Samuel, and 1 and 2 Kings; women of the prophetic literature; women of the wisdom literature; and subversive women in subversive books (Ruth, Esther, Susanna, and Judith). With a bibliography questions provided at the end of each chapter, this is an excellent book for all persons interested in women in the Bible.