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Mary's choice was not a conventional one for Jewish women. She sat at the feet of Jesus and was listening to his teaching and religious instruction. Jewish women were not permitted to touch the Scriptures; they were not taught the Torah, although they were instructed in accordance with it for the proper regulation of their lives.
Joanna – One of the women who went to prepare Jesus' body for burial. Luke [90] Jochebed – Mother of Moses, Aaron, and Miriam. Exodus, Numbers [91] [92]
Deborah could also be described as a warrior, leader of war, and a leader of faith. (Judges 4:6–22). The narrative describes the people of Israel as having been oppressed by Jabin, the king of Canaan, for twenty years. Deborah sends a prophetic message to Barak to raise an army and fight them, but Barak refuses to do so without her.
In Titus 2:3-5, Paul teaches that, as older men must be "temperate, dignified, self-controlled, sound in faith, love, and endurance," so older women must behave reverently, refrain from slander and alcoholism, and teach "what is good" to younger women. He also says that younger women must love their families and be "self-controlled, chaste ...
They cite a wide range of primary sources to support their case that the Ephesian women were teaching a particular Gnostic notion concerning Eve. They point out that women routinely teach and lead men in the New Testament: Lois and Eunice taught Timothy, Priscilla taught Apollos, and Phoebe was a church deacon. [21]
Ephesians 5:25 “As for husbands, love your wives just like Christ loved the church and gave himself for her.” The Good News: Jesus loved us and His faith so much that He sacrificed Himself so ...
Christ with the Woman Taken in Adultery, by Guercino, 1621 (Dulwich Picture Gallery) Christ and Sinner, 1873 by Henryk Siemiradzki Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery, 1565 by Pieter Bruegel, oil on panel, 24 cm × 34 cm (9.4 in × 13.4 in) Christ and the woman taken in adultery, drawing by Rembrandt
The Body and Society: Men, Women, and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity. New York: Columbia University Press, 1998. Coon, Lynda. "God's Holy Harlots: The Redemptive Lives of Pelagia of Antioch and Mary of Egypt". In Sacred Fictions: Holy Women and Hagiography in Late Antiquity. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1997.
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