There are 93 women who speak in the Bible, 49 of whom are named. These women speak a total of 14,056 words collectively — roughly 1.1 percent of the total words in the holy book.
These are the findings of the Rev. Lindsay Hardin Freeman, an Episcopal priest who three years ago embarked on an unprecedented project: to count all the words spoken by women in the Bible. With the help of three other women in her church community — as well as highlighters, sticky notes and spreadsheets — Freeman painstakingly dissected the Bible’s New Revised Standard Version.
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“I think they have a lot to share with us about what it means to believe, what it means to have faith,” Freeman reflected, noting the effect the work has had on her team.
“We have been transformed, our little group of four people,” she said. “We have cried over these stories, we have laughed over these stories. Our faith has been increased.”
