Deborah

As we discussed in class today, the song of Deborah may be the oldest poetry in the Bible and dates to 1150 BCE. I had not heard of Deborah prior to today (there's the answer to the question "what do I know today that I didn't know yesterday?") Here's a link to more info about Deborah. The debate as to whether Lapidot is her husband's name or means "woman of fire" is fascinating.
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/texts/bible/TO_Prophets_1460/DeutHist/DebFrymerKensky.htm
This link stresses that Deborah was not a warrior, but, rather, was there "to inspire, predict, and celebrate in song." Although she does not lead the troops into battle, I see similarities between her and Joan of Arc, both are led by faith and inspired by God.

apropos of nothing

It's not directly related to Biblical literature, but the current issue of Time magazine http://www.time.com/time/ has a cover story entitled "Does God Want You to be Rich?" According to a summary I read of the article, the signature verse could be John 10:10: "I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly."

You can't read the whole article online without paying to subscribe; however, I assume our library has the issue.