pt. 1. Literary approaches. Full disclosure: towards a complete characterization of the women who followed Jesus in the Gospel according to Mark / Victoria Phillips. -- The Canaanite woman and Jesus: surprising models of discipleship (Matt. 15:21-28) / Daniel Patte. -- Gentile female characters in Matthew's story: an illustration of righteousness / Lilly Nortjé-Meyer. -- Synoptic women in John. Interfigural readings / Ingrid Rosa Kitzberger. -- pt. 2. Historical re-construction and contextualization. In the footsteps of Jesus: Jewish women in a Jewish movement / Tal Ilan. -- Gender, ethnicity, and legal considerations in the haemorrhaging woman's story Mark 5:25-34 / Marie-Eloise Rosenblatt. -- Jesus the wine-drinker: a friend of women / Séan Freyne. -- Magdalenes and Tiberiennes: city women in the entourage of Jesus / Marianne Sawicki. -- Mary Magdalene and the seven demons in social-scientific perspective / Carmen Bernabé Ubieta. -- "Your faith has made you well." Jesus, women, and healing in the Gospel of Matthew / Elaine M. Wainwright.