Lectures on Female Scripture Characters: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Lectures on Female Scripture Characters, credited to William Jay, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Lectures on Female Scripture Characters by William Jay. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers I began to look over sundry of my old manuscripts... [and] among them I found a number of lectures which I had delivered more than forty-eight years ago. They proved to be on the Female "Biography of the Old and New Testament Scriptures"; and were occasioned, at the time, by my reflecting on the importance of female character, and on the influence which women must naturally and necessarily have, in every condition, period, and relation in life; so that if good should be done to them, good would be done to many, in a very wide and varied degree. But I was also aware of the difficulty and delicacy of addressing women from the pulpit distinctively. With regard to them, praise, though deserved, might seem flattery; while just reproof might be construed into common-place reflection on the sex. But in commenting on absent characters, indelibly portrayed ages back, I saw that a preacher might feel himself unfettered ; and be able to deal freely with female excellencies and faults, leaving the application to the consciences and the discretion of his present audience. These lectures I delivered on Sabbath evenings, from short notes; but afterwards, as soon as possible, while the subjects were fresh in my recollection, I wrote them at full length, or nearly so. - Summary by Preface

Recording facts

• Recording title: Lectures on Female Scripture Characters
• Author credits: William Jay
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 30
• Listed recording duration: 10:37:34

Catalogue topics

• New Testament
• old testament
• sermons
• shunamite
• mary magdalene
• hannah
• anna the prophetess
• the woman of samaria

Opening tracks: first 24 of 30

1. 01 - Dedication and Preface — 8:50
2. 02 - The Shunamite: Part I — 28:43
3. 03 - The Shunamite: Part II — 28:39
4. 04 - The Shunamite: Part III — 27:20
5. 05 - Mary Magdalene: Part I — 13:34
6. 06 - Mary Magdalene: Part II — 16:14
7. 07 - Hannah: Part I — 20:20
8. 08 - Hannah: Part II — 21:17
9. 09 - Hannah: Part III — 5:23
10. 10 - Anna, the Prophetess — 25:28
11. 11 - The Woman of Canaan — 29:33
12. 12 - The Woman Who Anointed the Saviour's Head Part 1 — 11:58
13. 13 - The Woman Who Anointed the Saviour's Head Part 2 — 17:55
14. 14 - The Poor Widow — 22:40
15. 15 - The Penitent Sinner Part 1 — 19:50
16. 16 - The Penitent Sinner Part 2 — 13:24
17. 17 - The Woman of Samaria: Part I — 38:05
18. 18 - The Woman of Samaria: Part II — 34:33
19. 19 - The Woman of Samaria: Part III — 34:35
20. 20 - The Woman of Samaria: Part IV — 31:46
21. 21 - Lydia Part 1 — 14:00
22. 22 - Lydia Part 2 — 18:15
23. 23 - Dorcas Part 1 — 17:15
24. 24 - Dorcas Part 2 — 19:48

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