God's Forgotten Daughter: What If Jesus Had Been a Woman? (The Women's Series) [Paperback]

Katherine Christine Schneider-Aker (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Publishing/Editing Network (October 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 093105592X
• ISBN-13: 978-0931055928
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,055,330 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Daughter" gives a fresh new reading of the 4 Gospels, April 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: God's Forgotten Daughter: What If Jesus Had Been a Woman? (The Women's Series) (Paperback)

This book was written with an eye toward the extant texts and to restoring women to the stories of Jesus' life as told in the 4 Gospels of the New Testament. I tried to be sensitive to the traditions reflected in the texts, but to, at the same time, open them up to new interpretation. Katherine Schneider-Aker, Author

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Reply to the reader from Germany, October 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: God's Forgotten Daughter: What If Jesus Had Been a Woman? (The Women's Series) (Paperback)

For one thing, this book is fiction. It's not saying this is what happened, it's just saying if Jesus had had a sister, this is what could have happened. And the gospels do mention Jesus having sisters. In Mark 6:3 people ask if this isn't the son of Mary, "and are not all his sisters with us?" A similar passage is in Matthew 13:56.

The book is interesting and emphasizes the female half of Jesus' followers more than most other books on this subject. However, I did wonder why Jesus didn't preach to the women himself instead of leaving it to his sister. If you're going to break society's norms, you might as well break all of them.

Overall I enjoyed the book. I wish it was longer.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing story that Jesus had a twin sister., October 8, 1998

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This review is from: God's Forgotten Daughter: What If Jesus Had Been a Woman? (The Women's Series) (Paperback)

This thought-provoking fictional account of Jesus' twin sister affirms the value of women in Jesus' ministry and explains why the history of His sister is lost. While the theory stretches credibility somewhat, the concluding commentary on the changes in the church after Jesus' death should give rise to some good discussion.