Blessed Among Women: The Life of Mary, the Mother of Jesus

She is the most honored woman who ever lived - and the most misunderstood. In Blessed Among Women, Rev. Dr. Billy J. Hill traces the whole life of Mary the mother of Jesus straight from the pages of Scripture: from the promise in Eden to the manger, from the sword at the temple to the foot of the cross, from the wedding at Cana to the upper room where she knelt with the church to wait for the Spirit.

This is not a book of Marian devotion. It is an honest, Bible-grounded portrait of the servant of the Lord - the blessed among women, the God-bearer, the first and finest disciple - written in the great tradition of gospel preaching and teaching. Mary is honored here as Scripture honors her: not worshiped but marveled at; not elevated above the Word but held up by it.

Fifteen chapters and seven addenda offer a complete, reverent, and pastoral portrait of Mary across both Testaments - rich for personal devotion, for group study, and for the preacher's study alike. The addenda address the hardest questions honestly: Was she sinless? Who were the brothers and sisters of Jesus? What does Theotokos mean and why does it matter? A Key Terms section defines the essential Hebrew and Greek words - almah, parthenos, kecharitōmenē, doule, Theotokos - so every reader can engage the text at depth.

Part of the Servants of God Series alongside volumes on Moses, Joshua, David, Judas, Mary Magdalene and Joseph - each tracing one of the great servants through whom God carried His purposes to the world.

"My spirit rejoices in God my Savior." - Luke 1:47 (ESV)

Rev. Dr. Billy J. Hill holds the D.Min. from United Theological Seminary, the M.Div. from the Samuel DeWitt Proctor School of Theology at Virginia Union University, and the B.S. in Business, emphasis in Finance, from Norfolk State University. He has served pastorates in Ohio, Detroit, Michigan, and Hampton, Virginia, and is the author of more than forty books published under Faithful Witness Press - El Ne'eman.