Please, notice that each session of this series is conceived as a stand-alone unit on its own so that you can choose whether to participate in all of the sessions of this series or only in those you are interested in.

ABOUT THE SECOND SESSION - Old Covenant and New Covenant Mothers: Sarah and the Virgin Mary

In the second session Christine R. will first unfold the biblical concept of "covenant', and then she will explore the biblical narratives related to Sarah, Abraham’s wife and the matriarch of the Jewish people, a strong and independent character. Afterward, Christine R. will point out both similarities and differences between Abraham's wife and Isaac's mother, Sarah, and Mary of Nazareth.

ABOUT THE SERIES "SOME WOMEN OF THE OLD TESTAMENT: THEIR STORIES AND OURS"

For many Christians, the Old Testament is familiar mostly through childhood Bible stories - Noah's ark, Samson and Delilah, David…