38:11-30) and of Rahab (Joshua. 2:1), but Ruth is one of the Mary - like women of the Bible. (2) The mother of Solomon is referred to, not by name, but as the wife of Uriah. Uriah was a Hittite, a ...

In the Hebrew Bible as a whole, only 111 of the 1,426 people who are given names are women. The proportion of women in the New Testament is about twice as great, which still leaves them a small ...