sacred canon of writings?
2007-06-02 12:34:34 · 9 answers · asked by Stew 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It was the culture of the time. Men believed women were weak and worthless for the most part and had nothing of value to contribute. So they ignored them.
2007-06-02 12:39:29 · answer #1 · answered by Jensenfan 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Perhaps only men wrote the books of the Bible, but if you read the Bible itself, God's plan of salvation simply could not have been realized without the action of women within it.
In fact in the book of Judith, the Israelites were being besieged by the enemy and were losing hope, then the heroine of the story slips out and under the pretext of wanting to sleep with the chief general, cuts his head off in the middle of the night, causing the enemy to scatter in terror (when they go into his tent and see what has happened with Judith gone when they get there). As a result, that woman has single-handedly saved the Israelites.
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2007-06-02 19:43:39 · answer #2 · answered by canx_mp058 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe on the part of the Xtian ones....in Judaism there is a book of Ruth, and of Esther....so....hm.
2007-06-02 22:34:28 · answer #3 · answered by LadySuri 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Isn't there a book named Esther?
2007-06-02 19:38:22 · answer #4 · answered by Lynus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simply a false premise, look at the Song of Solomon(Song of Songs)..
2007-06-02 19:38:23 · answer #5 · answered by w2 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What about the book of JUDE, in the New Testament?
2007-06-02 19:39:08 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No way. I am so tired of this uninformed opinion that the Bible is sexist.
2007-06-02 19:38:24 · answer #7 · answered by The GMC 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Collusion is conspiracy. They were up front with it.
2007-06-02 19:38:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
GOD bless
2007-06-02 19:38:25 · answer #9 · answered by Exodus 20:1-17 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋