Who wrote ‘Bible Women’?

Bible Women author Elizabeth Fletcher

wrote ‘Women in the Bible’, published by Harper Collins

taught Religious Education in high schools for 10 years

developed Religious Education Curriculum (Secondary) for Australian schools

Bible Women author Elizabeth Fletcher 'Women in the Bible'

‘Women in the Bible’
by Elizabeth Fletcher

What’s my background? Religious schools and the University of Sydney, Australia. First degree in History and Modern Languages. Became a schoolteacher, agreed to teach Religious Studies, a University entrance subject in Australia. Students asked me questions I could not answer. I went back to University, did a lot of thinking, and gained advanced qualifications in this subject.

What teaching resources did I use? Along the way I was surprised to find there were hardly any suitable textbooks for Religion classes — certainly nothing on women in the Bible. The books that did exist were out of the reach of normal students, or cloyingly sentimental.

Author of ‘Women in the Bible’

I approached Harper Collins with a book proposal. They accepted it and published ‘Women in the Bible’ in 1997.

Why did I stop teaching? After my husband died, I moved out of teaching into full-time writing. I wrote and edited a number of Religion textbooks. Then I took on the job of developing the Religious Education Curriculum now used extensively throughout Australia.

But my chief interest was always Biblical Studies. When ‘Women in the Bible’ went out of print and the copyright reverted to me, I put the whole of the book on the Web as www.womeninthebible.net

Author of ‘Life of Jesus Christ’

Elizabeth Fletcher

My website reached far more people than my book. I decided to devote myself to writing full-time for the Web. My most recent website is about the Life of Jesus Christ.

I am interviewed on national radio or talk-back programs whenever there is a ruckus about something to do with the Bible and women. The Bible remains as popular as ever.

God blessed me with two grown-up children and five grandsons. I love them all.

Elizabeth Fletcher, Bible Women author