Salty Wives, Spirited Mothers, and Savvy Widows : Capable Women of Purpose and Persistence in Luke's Gospel

Spencer, professor of the New Testament at Baptist Theological Seminary, employs the more eclectic strategies used by feminist biblical scholars, along with more traditional modes of biblical analysis, to offer a new interpretation of the women of the Gospel of Luke. The author aims to "tilt feminist scholarship toward a slightly more positive, though still critical, evaluation of the creative agency and capable activity of women in Luke's Gospel." Annotation 2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)