Throughout the Bible, the voice of the woman in the presence of men seems muted except for a few instances. We hear the voice of Deborah in the book of Judges and the voice of Esther in the book named after her. The book of Ruth shows the voices of Ruth and Naomi but mostly in the presence of each other. In the genealogy of Jesus in the book of Matthew, only four women are mentioned: Rahab, Ruth, Bathsheba and…..