"century advocates of women's rights began to accumulate rebuttals to arguments used against them founded on traditional interpretations of Bible scriptures. Lucretia Mott countered those who would put her in her place by quoting other Bible passages, or by challenging the original interpretation of the scripture. In 1849, Mott wrote ""Discourse on Woman"" which discussed Adam and Eve, the activities of various women who appear in the Bible, and argued that the Bible supported woman's right to speak aloud her spiritual beliefs. Independently from Mott, Lucy Stone determined for herself that the male-dominant interpretations of the Bible must be faulty—she"
"Eve Eve (; ; ; ; ; Syriac: ܚܘܐ) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the creation myth of the Abrahamic religions, she was the first woman. In Islamic tradition, Eve is known as Adam's wife and the first woman although she is not specifically named in the Quran but in the hadith. According to the second chapter of Genesis, Eve was created by God (Yahweh) by taking her from the rib of Adam, to be Adam's companion. She succumbs to the serpent's temptation to eat the forbidden fruit from the tree"
"is metaphorical. Eve Eve (; ; ; ; ; Syriac: ܚܘܐ) is a figure in the Book of Genesis in the Hebrew Bible. According to the creation myth of the Abrahamic religions, she was the first woman. In Islamic tradition, Eve is known as Adam's wife and the first woman although she is not specifically named in the Quran but in the hadith. According to the second chapter of Genesis, Eve was created by God (Yahweh) by taking her from the rib of Adam, to be Adam's companion. She succumbs to the serpent's temptation to eat the forbidden fruit from"
"Bible woman In missions history, a Bible woman was a local woman who supported foreign female missionaries in their Christian evangelistic and social work. The title ""Bible woman"" was first used in London in connection with a female evangelist, Ellen Henrietta Ranyard, who put effort to reach sick and poor women in the poorest area of London in the mid-nineteenth century. Ranyard's heart was heavily burdened with the poor condition of women in St. Giles district that she decided to start an evangelistic work among them. Ranyard found a Christian woman who had a similar life as such and hired"
"of good and evil’?” In the Book of Genesis of the Hebrew Bible, the first human female is called , """" (English: woman) by the first human man, Adam. She is created by Elohim from the man's rib. In Genesis 2:18–22, the woman is created to be ""ezer ki-negdo"", a term that is notably difficult to translate, to the man. ""Ki-negdo"" means ""alongside, opposite, a counterpart to him"", and ""ezer"" means active intervention on behalf of the other person. God's naming of the elements of the cosmos in Genesis 1 illustrated his authority over creation; now the man's naming of"
"in contemporary study of Christian mission. There are not many records of Bible women today, neither of their successes nor their failures. It is because women were disregarded in their own cultures or may be they were ignored by their western male and female missionaries. Although they were the least known evangelists, Bible women played a major role in furthering the Kingdom of God in their homelands and beyond. Bible woman In missions history, a Bible woman was a local woman who supported foreign female missionaries in their Christian evangelistic and social work. The title ""Bible woman"" was first used"
"Miriam Miriam () is described in the Hebrew Bible as the daughter of Amram and Jochebed, and the sister of Moses and Aaron. She was a prophetess and first appears in the Book of Exodus. The Torah refers to her as ""Miriam the Prophetess"" and the Talmud names her as one of the seven major female prophets of Israel. Scripture describes her alongside of Moses and Aaron as delivering the Jews from exile in Egypt: ""For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, and I sent before you Moses,"
"Lot's wife In the Bible, Lot's wife is a figure first mentioned in . The Book of Genesis describes how she became a pillar of salt after she looked back at Sodom. She is not named in the Bible but is called ""Ado"" or ""Edith"" in some Jewish traditions. She is also referred to in the deuterocanonical books at and the New Testament at . Islamic accounts also talk about the wife of Prophet Lut (Lot) when mentioning 'People of Lut'. The story of Lot's wife begins in after two angels arrived in Sodom at eventide and were invited to"
"been portrayed in various films and on television, including: <br> Mary, mother of Jesus Mary was a 1st-century BC Galilean Jewish woman of Nazareth, and the mother of Jesus, according to the New Testament and the Quran. The gospels of Matthew and Luke in the New Testament and the Quran describe Mary as a virgin; according to Christian teaching she conceived Jesus while a virgin, through the Holy Spirit. The miraculous conception took place when she was already betrothed to Joseph. She accompanied Joseph to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born. The Gospel of Luke begins its account of Mary's life"
"Mary, mother of Jesus Mary was a 1st-century BC Galilean Jewish woman of Nazareth, and the mother of Jesus, according to the New Testament and the Quran. The gospels of Matthew and Luke in the New Testament and the Quran describe Mary as a virgin; according to Christian teaching she conceived Jesus while a virgin, through the Holy Spirit. The miraculous conception took place when she was already betrothed to Joseph. She accompanied Joseph to Bethlehem, where Jesus was born. The Gospel of Luke begins its account of Mary's life with the Annunciation, when the angel Gabriel appeared to Mary"
"study of women whose spoken words are recorded found 93, of which 49 women are named. The common, ordinary, everyday Hebrew woman is ""largely unseen"" in the pages of the Bible, and the women that are seen, are the unusual who rose to prominence. These prominent women include the Matriarchs Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah, Miriam the prophetess, Deborah the Judge, Huldah the prophetess, Abigail, who married David, Rahab, and Esther. A common phenomenon in the bible is the pivotal role that women take in subverting man-made power structures. The result is often a more just outcome than what would"
"Hagar Hagar (, ""Hagar"", of uncertain origin; Hājar; ) is a biblical person in the Book of Genesis. She was an Egyptian handmaid of Sarai (Sarah), who gave her to Abraham to bear a child. The product of the union was Abraham's firstborn, Ishmael, the progenitor of the Ishmaelites. Various commentators have connected her to the Hagrites, perhaps as their eponymous ancestor. The name ""Hagar"" originates from the Book of Genesis; she is acknowledged in all Abrahamic religions. Hagar is alluded to in the Quran, and Islam considers her Abraham's second wife. ""This is a summary of the account of"
"Rachel Rachel (; meaning ewe) was a Biblical figure best known for her infertility. The site revered as her burial place (Rachel's Tomb) is one of the holiest sites in Judaism. Rachel was the favorite of Jacob's two wives, and the mother of Joseph and Benjamin, two of the twelve progenitors of the tribes of Israel. Rachel's father was Laban. Her older sister was Leah, Jacob's first wife. Her aunt Rebekah was Jacob's mother. Rachel is first mentioned in the Hebrew Bible in when Jacob happens upon her as she is about to water her father's flock. She was the"
"is formal. So we must translate simply and let the context give the tone."" Some versions of the Bible translate it as """"Dear"" woman"". ( NLT; NCV; AMP) Mary Magdalene (also called Miriam of Magdala) is among the women depicted in the New Testament who accompanied Jesus and his twelve apostles, and who also helped to support the men financially. According to , , , and , she was one of the women who remained at Jesus' crucifixion. The New Testament says she saw Jesus laid in a tomb. reports that after his resurrection, Jesus appeared first to Mary Magdalene."
"Women in the Bible The women in the Bible are rarely mentioned by name, with named women representing only 5.5 to 8 percent of the total of all named characters, male and female. This suggests that women were not usually in the forefront of public life. Those women that are named, rose to prominence for reasons outside the ordinary. They are often an aspect of the over-turning of man-made power structures commonly found in a biblical literary device called a ""reversal."" Abigail and Esther, Jael who drove a tent peg into the enemy commander's temple while he slept, are a"
"one of the earliest known Christian converts who lived in Rome. Her name is a Roman diminutive for ""Prisca"" which was her formal name. She is often thought to have been the first example of a female preacher or teacher in early church history. Coupled with her husband, she was a celebrated missionary, and a friend and co-worker of Paul. While the view is not widely held among scholars, some scholars have suggested that Priscilla was the author of the Book of Hebrews. Although acclaimed for its artistry, originality, and literary excellence, it is the only book in the New"
"as 1988, Anna Goldman-Amirav in ""Reproductive and Genetic Engineering"" wrote of Hagar within ""the Biblical 'battle of the wombs' [which] lay the foundation for the view of women, fertility, and sexuality in the patriarchal society"". Hagar Hagar (, ""Hagar"", of uncertain origin; Hājar; ) is a biblical person in the Book of Genesis. She was an Egyptian handmaid of Sarai (Sarah), who gave her to Abraham to bear a child. The product of the union was Abraham's firstborn, Ishmael, the progenitor of the Ishmaelites. Various commentators have connected her to the Hagrites, perhaps as their eponymous ancestor. The name ""Hagar"""
"converted by coming to see the miracle that had occurred. This event begins a chain of great conversion among the people of the Lamanites. Abish (Book of Mormon) According to the Book of Mormon, Abish () was a Lamanite woman who lived in the 1st century BC, and one of only three women named in the Book of Mormon (other than those who also appear in the Bible). She is mentioned in the narrative of the Book of Alma, and is notable as a figure in the dramatic narrative of the conversion of King Lamoni by the missionary Ammon. Abish"
"New Testament as the name of several women, including Mary, mother of Jesus and Mary Magdalene. Variants of this name include Greek and Latin ""Maria"", whence French ""Marie"" and English ""Mary"". Mary, mother of the Jesus of the New Testament, bore a Judeo-Aramaic variant of this name, ""Maryām"" (מרים). In the New Testament of the Bible, written in Greek, her name is transliterated ""Mariam"" (Μαριάμ) or ""Maria"". Several other women in the New Testament, including St. Mary Magdalene, are called by the same name. In antiquity, it was variously etymologized as ""rebellion"", ""bitter sea"", ""strong waters"", ""mistress"", ""exalted one"", ""ruling"
"historical sources are simply too contradictory and simultaneously too silent"" to make absolute declarations regarding Jesus' sexuality. Mary Magdalene Saint Mary Magdalene, sometimes called simply the Magdalene, was a Jewish woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to his crucifixion, burial, and resurrection. She is mentioned by name twelve times in the canonical gospels, more than most of the apostles. Mary's epithet ""Magdalene"" most likely means that she came from the town of Magdala, a fishing town on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. The"
"is at present one of the most common female first names in contemporary Israel. Jael Jael or Yael (Hebrew Ya'el, יָעֵל, meaning Ibex) is a woman mentioned in the Book of Judges in the Hebrew Bible, as the heroine who killed Sisera to deliver Israel from the troops of King Jabin. Jael was the wife of Heber the Kenite. The Kenites were a nomadic tribe, some of whom lived in close proximity to the Israelites. The Bible records a number of cases of intermarriage; the father-in-law of Moses was apparently a Kenite, but it is not clear if this was"
"that the discoveries of new texts by biblical scholars, combined with their sharpened critical insight, have now proved beyond any doubt that the disreputable portrait of Mary Magdalene is entirely inaccurate. Mary Magdalene was a prominent disciple and significant leader in the early Christian movement. Her designation as the very first apostle of Jesus has helped promote contemporary awareness of the leadership of women in Christianity. The New Testament Gospels, written toward the last quarter of the first century CE, acknowledge that women were among Jesus' earliest followers. In one of her several books, Linda Woodhead notes the earliest Christian"
"Bible limits or prohibits women's leadership roles in the church, and requires male leadership/female submission in marriage. Christian egalitarianism, on the other hand, holds that all human persons are created equally in God's sight; have equal responsibility to use their gifts and obey their calling to the glory of God; and are called to roles and ministries without regard to class, gender, or race The consensus among some modern New Testament scholars is that Junia was a woman. The first reference to Junia as a male comes from Origen (late 2nd early 3rd century). This is also the earliest comment"
"the first coming of Christ, the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D(During which enforced emperor worship occurred in the temple of Jerusalem, which was later almost totally destroyed, and many Jews were made slaves in distant lands resulting presumably in their remaining families not knowing what happened to them or where they were), and the establishment of Christ's Church, as it currently exists, both on earth and in heaven. Lutheran scholar Craig Koester, for example, says, ""The woman encompasses the story of Israel, from whom the Messiah was born, as well as the story of the church, which was persecuted"
"Merrill Groothuis has objected to this position. She argues that ""woman’s spiritual and ontological equality with man rules out the sort of subordination prescribed by gender traditionalists…. It is not logically possible for woman to be essentially equal to man, yet universally subordinate to man on the basis of an essential attribute (i.e., femaleness)."" Christianity developed as a sect of Judaism in the first century AD. It therefore inherited the depictions of women already existing within the Hebrew Bible (known to Christians as The Old Testament). In the Book of Genesis, the first creation story created man and woman at"
"Rahab Rahab (; Arabic: رحاب, a vast space of a land) was, according to the Book of Joshua, a woman who lived in Jericho in the Promised Land and assisted the Israelites in capturing the city by betraying her people (). In the New Testament, she is lauded both as an example of a saint who lived by faith, and as someone ""considered righteous"" for her works. Although the King James Version renders the name as ""Rachab"" in Matthew 1:5, most modern versions render it as ""Rahab"" instead. Matthew's genealogy records her as one of the ancestors of Jesus. The"
"predecessors as the leader of the Jewish people. The wife of Uriah the Hittite mentioned as the mother of Solomon is Bathsheba. She is one of four women that are included in the genealogy. Mentioning her by only her first husband's name emphasizes both her foreigness and the adulterous nature of her union with David. See for a full discussion of the inclusion of women in the genealogy. Matthew 1:6 Matthew 1:6 is the sixth verse of the first chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. The verse is part of the section where the genealogy of"
"the new world is as sinful as the old, God has resolved never again to destroy the world by flood, and the History ends with Terah, the father of Abraham, from whom will descend God's chosen people, the Israelites. Adam and Eve are the Bible's first man and first woman. Adam's name appears first in Genesis 1 with a collective sense, as ""mankind""; subsequently in Genesis 2-3 it carries the definite article ""ha"", equivalent to English ""the"", indicating that this is ""the man"". In these chapters God fashions ""the man"" (""ha adam"") from earth (""adamah""), breathes life into his nostrils,"
"Hannah (biblical figure) Hannah (; ""Ḥannāh"") is one of the wives of Elkanah mentioned in the First Book of Samuel. According to the Hebrew Bible she was the mother of Samuel. The narrative about Hannah can be found in . Outside of the first two chapters of 1 Samuel, she is never mentioned in the Bible. In the biblical narrative, Hannah is one of two wives of Elkanah. The other, Peninnah, had given birth to Elkanah's children, but Hannah remained childless. Nevertheless, Elkanah preferred Hannah. According to Jewish writer Lillian Klein (Ph.D. in English literature from University of California, Irvine"
"the First Man and about Christ above, whose descent also she caused to be predicted. And here we come to the version given of New Testament history in this system. Sophia, having no rest either in heaven or on earth, implored the assistance of her mother, the First Woman. She, moved with pity at her daughter's repentance, begged of the First Man that Christ should be sent down to her assistance. Sophia, apprized of the coming help, announced his advent by John, prepared the baptism of repentance, and by means of her son, Ialdabaoth, got ready a woman to receive"
"highly patriarchal times throughout the Old Testament. The most common term for prophet in the Old Testament is ""nabi"" in the masculine form, and ""nebiah"" in the Hebrew feminine form, is used six times of women who performed the same task of receiving and proclaiming the message given by God. These women include Miriam, Aaron and Moses' sister, Deborah, the prophet Isaiah's wife, and Huldah, the one who interpreted the Book of the Law discovered in the temple during the days of Josiah. There were false prophetesses just as there were false prophets. The prophetess Noadiah was among those who"
"as Naamah was to descend from them. Naamah (wife of Solomon) Naamah (""pleasant"") was an ancient queen consort, wife of King Solomon and mother of his heir Rehoboam, according to both , and in the Hebrew Bible. She was an Ammonite, and the only one of all the Queens Mother of Israel or Judah who was a foreigner. She was also the only one of Solomon's wives to be mentioned, within the Hebrew Bible, as having borne a child. Naamah is praised in ""Bava Kamma"" 38b for her righteousness, on account of which Moses had previously been warned by God"
"equally redeemed by Christ, and equally gifted by God's Spirit for service and held responsible for using their God-given gifts. Each of the six times Aquila and his wife Priscilla are mentioned by name in the New Testament, they are listed together as a couple. Their order of appearance alternates in a perfect odd-even equality, with each mentioned first three times. Aquila appears first in the first, third and fifth mentions, and Priscilla (Prisca) first in the second, fourth and sixth mentions. Some revisions of the Bible put Priscilla rather than Aquila first, in Acts 18:26, following the Vulgate and"