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Oct 6, 2023 · It’s showing us there are still similar patterns in our response to sexual assault against particular groups and communities where we don’t recognise them. That’s why it’s important.” THINKING AGAIN . There are other stories in the Old Testament which, in the light of our #MeToo moment, make us think again.
Jun 23, 2021 · Violence against women can be perpetrated by other women, as is the case of Sarah and Hagar (Genesis 16). In the text Sarah brutalizes Hagar so severely that Hagar escapes while pregnant into the wilderness, where her chances of survival are slim. When she returns to Sarah, she must submit herself to further oppression.
May 15, 2023 · In cases of rape, the offender was to receive the death penalty (Deuteronomy 22:25–27). By New Testament times, the Bible speaks more candidly to men regarding violence against women. Colossians 3:19 commands, “Husbands, love your wives and never treat them harshly” (NLT). In Ephesians 5:25–33, Paul condemns the mistreatment of women ...
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A society’s laws signal its values. We instinctively measure a society’s moral character by what it protects, prohibits, and punishes. We exercise this instinct – this driving sense of “should” – whenever we read and interpret the laws of the Old Testament. But what happens when our own culture skews how we read and interpret the Old Testament? In ...
To the Western, individualist reader, the cultural differences within Old Testament law can read like an affront to one’s autonomy and sense of self. Consider the response of most college-aged women to the idea of an arranged marriage. To the Western individualist, the practice smacks of chattel trade, the depersonalizing sale of a daughter’s sexua...
Cheryl B. Anderson, Women, Ideology, and Violence: Critical Theory and the Construction of Gender in the Book of the Covenant and the Deuteronomic Law (London: T&T Clark International, 2004, 78-80. Harold C. Washington, “‘Lest He Die in Battle and Another Man Take Her:’ Violence and the Construction of Gender in the Laws of Deuteronomy 20–22,” in G...
May 23, 2023 · CR: Studying the biblical stories of violence against women has deepened my understanding of the character of God. At times, we can forget that God is the same yesterday, today and always (Malachi 3:6, Hebrews 13:8), and we can separate the God of the Old Testament from the God of the New Testament who we see in the person of Jesus (Colossians ...
May 28, 2024 · 4. Women as leaders. The Old Testament also features women in leadership roles, breaking the traditional gender norms of the time. A notable figure is Deborah, one of the Judges of Israel. Her story, recorded in the Book of Judges, presents her as a prophetess, a military leader, and a judge.
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Sep 29, 2020 · Genesis 1–2 begin with a compelling vision of male-female equality. 4 Men and women in Genesis are made in God’s image, called to rule in creation (Gen 1), and to share in the sacred task of keeping the garden (Gen 2). But once humanity rebels, male dominance enters the picture. As an awful consequence of sin, men would now “rule over ...
