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In praise of Shiprah and Puah and all their descendants
The Bible is full of women heroes, exemplars of courage. We do not give them attention, and very few end up in the stained-glass windows. Two of these heroes are Shiphrah and Puah, Hebrew midwives in Egypt during the Hebrews’ time of slavery. Remarkably, the name Shiprah has been found on a list of Egyptian...
H. Stephen Shoemaker