The identity construction of four female protagonists in biblical narratives

Esther, Deborah, Mary Magdalene and Dorcas

Abstract

The study of biblical narratives in which the women featured in these biblical and literary stories, were feats of players for their time and their social and religious context, allows us to know the construction of the female characters in these biblical narratives, noting the different female profiles to them emerge and how the identity of the protagonists are shaped within different contexts, situations in which they are taken to make decisions, take action or make choices that defined their destinations. Such narratives, in which women are protagonists, are stories full of female action details that show the process of building identity of characters in contact situations covering conflicts, human tragedies, attitudes, or actions that are important in defining the roles social of biblical women - corpus of this work. We turn to the Woman's Bible in perspective to read and analyze the narratives in which four women are protagonists at different times. From the Old Testament to the narrative construction of the character Eva until Dorca, one of the last protagonists cited in the New Testament. We have analyzed the identity setting them stamped. They are women who stood out for starring being "woman" in a time of sexist domination. They marked their generation by constitute subjects of their stories. Her participation in early Christian history is significant, and therefore, their stories should be redesigned, giving them the necessary visibility.