On Women: Something I'm Reading

My friend Eva recently loaned me her copy of a wonderful book:

Gospel Women: Studies of the Named Women in the Gospels, by Richard Buckham

Gospel Women is not a survey of unknown women. Rather, it’s an in-depth look at a number of women mentioned in the Gospels and the passages in which they appear. The women include Ruth, the prophet Anna, Mary of Clopas, Joanna, Salome, and the women featured in the Gospel resurrection narrative. The author’s unique perspective is to consider some of the new and surprising possibilities that arise when we read the text from these women's points of view.

Also recommended to me recently:
The Women Around Jesus, by Elisabeth Moltmann-Wendel (Author), John Bowden (Translator)