Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Todd Young <tbbyoung AT flash.net>]

Cindy Smith wrote:

Todd,

  I was intrigued by your mention of _All the Women of the Bible_ by
Dr. Herbert Lockyear, but since it's published by Zondervan, it probably
doesn't contain any information about Judith and other women of the
deuterocanonicals.  Do you know of a book that truly discusses _all_ the
women of the Bible, not just the ones in the protocanonicals?  Thanks.

Also, out of curiosity, I noticed that the name Michael is variously
spelled Michal, Michel, Melchol.  Does this name mean "Who is like God?"
or "brook"?

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Cindy,
    You are correct, Lockyear only deals with the women found in the canonical writings. There is another book also entitled All the Women of the Bible written by a woman whose name I cannot remember that may deal with women from pseudopigraphal books, I just don't know. I have never used it.
    My take on Michael, no matter how it is spelled, and it is spelled various ways, means to ask "Who is like God?"
    Sorry I couldn't be more help.

Todd