why is it that there are almost no females in the Bible?

Question

if they do mention women in the bible, it is almost ALWAYS in an evil context, either they betray someone, or lie.

Answer 1

That's not totally true. It's just that those are often the ones that get talked about, or heard about in sermons and stuff. There are lots of stories about women in both Testaments. In the NT, the women are there, but barely mentioned. For example, we know that there were several women that "followed" Jesus, and supported his ministry with money and resources. Why aren't they named as disciples?
A lot of it is just who gets to tell the story...

Answer 2

Although the Bible is definately dominated by males at the time (Women were often seen more as property or slaves then as equals) there are actually many women in the Bible who are not evil in context.

For example, there is the book of Ruth, which is a completley female account.

See the sources below for more lists of Biblical women, both good, and bad.

Answer 3

Back then it was a very male dominant country, so it would make sense that if a women was to get in the bible, she had to do something really great or really bad. Also there are a lot of women in the bible who did good, look at Esther or Ruth. There's also Jesus's mother, Mary, Rehab, the woman from Jericho, and don't forget Jael who stabbed a tent stake through Sisera's head (one of my favorite stories). The women are in there, it just takes a while to find them, especially since the men didn't add much detail to them.

Answer 4

At the council of Nicea in 325 the bible we have today was edited and modified to reflect the wishes of the political power of the day, the emperor. There were many books left out at that time, including some written by women. Also remember that women were seen as chattel in those days- possessions like sheep or a blanket. They wouldn't play any major part in most stories.

Answer 5

Remember that the guys who wrote the various books of the Bible lived anywhere between 200 and 500 AD, in a region of the world not exactly renowned for their progressive stance on women's rights. In a strict, patriarchal society, women are considered second-class citizens (indeed, at that time, women were much more like property -- that's why fathers gave their daughters away at weddings: it wasn't just symbolic of her joining another family, but also an understanding that she was now her husband's to do with as he wished)

Thus, Eve got the blame for original sin, Delilah got to the root of Samson's power, and Jezebel was quite simply the nastiest woman you were unfortunate enough to meet. However, there are a lot of women in the Bible who are not considered evil, notably among them the Virgin Mary as well as Mary Magdalene, one of Jesus' most faithful followers and the first to witness the resurrection. There's Sarah, Isaac's wife and mother of Abraham who is held as an example of faith and was the first matriarch of the Jewish people. Plenty of others I'm blanking on at the moment, and many who were simply mentioned as mother of somebody or another (since Genesis uses the word "begat" a zillion times, sometimes seven or eight times in the same sentence, and the names just roll on by without anybody remembering them except as being a great, great, great, great grandparent of somebody or another. Some were also considered wicked or deceitful by the writers of the Bible, but in our day and age would simply be described as "ambitious." Historically, however, we've always had a generally patriarchal society, and "uppity" women were rarely seen in a positive light, even today to an extent -- where's the line between "motivated self-starter and natural leader" and "cast-iron ***** with a chip on her shoulder?". Same with Biblical women -- Rebeccah was considered deceitful because she helped her husband Jacob get his brother Esau's birthright and then defended him when Esau got angry about it. Evil or faithful to her man? You make the call.

Answer 6

Good question. I'm waiting on the answers for this one. I am female and I definitely don't think the Bible is sexist in anyway. We all have roles to play. And for women, the man is considered the head in the Bible. Respect that!

Answer 7

Female, Children are not humans, It says strait in Geneses. Female is the property of Men. If you read the bible you will see that if you rape female you have to pay 50 chekels to Father or Hasband since it's his property. And you expect SO loving Cristians would recognize female? Forget about bible, show me how many females are p[riests. or teachers in the religion.
THere never were more facizm in the world than Bible descrimination of females.
Therefore GOD exists.
Peace

Answer 8

Ruth and Esther both have books of the Bible in their name and I don't recall either one being described as evil.

There are positive female role models found throughout the Bible. You obviously haven't read the Bible for yourself.

Answer 9

I have heard that there is some solid evidence that the books of the bible were edited and they cut out all the great things about women in it. Then they reinvented another form of Christianity...unfortunately it still exists :)

Answer 10

Because whether or not it was the word of God, it was written by man, and they were trying to get rid of another religion was was based on the Goddess. So therefor, women became somewhat evil.