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  2. List of women in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Zeruiah had three sons, Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, all of whom were soldiers in David's army. II Samuel, I Chronicles [197] [198] Zillah – wife of Lamech and the mother of Tubal-cain and Naamah. Genesis [199] Zilpah – Leah's handmaid who becomes a wife of Jacob and bears him two sons Gad and Asher. Genesis [200] Zipporah – wife of Moses ...

  3. Women in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Women did tasks as important as those of men, managed their households, and were equals in daily life, but all public decisions were made by men. Men had specific obligations they were required to perform for their wives including the provision of clothing, food, and sexual relations. [ 46 ]

  4. Chapters and verses of the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Before this work, they were printed in the margins. [19] The first English New Testament to use the verse divisions was a 1557 translation by William Whittingham (c. 1524–1579). The first Bible in English to use both chapters and verses was the Geneva Bible published shortly afterwards by Sir Rowland Hill [21] in 1560. These verse divisions ...

  5. List of inventions and discoveries by women - Wikipedia

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    Snugli and Weego were invented by nurse and peacekeeper Ann Moore first in the 1960s. Pertussis A pioneering female American doctor, medical researcher and an outspoken voice in the pediatric community, the supercentenarian Leila Alice Denmark (1898–2012) is credited as co-developer of the pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine. [citation needed]

  6. Bible - Wikipedia

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    The Bible [1] is a collection of religious texts or scriptures which to a certain degree are held to be sacred in Christianity, Judaism, Samaritanism, Islam, the BaháΚΌí Faith, and other Abrahamic religions. The Bible is an anthology (a compilation of texts of a variety of forms) originally written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek. The ...

  7. Chronology of the Bible - Wikipedia

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    The Masoretic Text is the basis of modern Jewish and Christian bibles. While difficulties with biblical texts make it impossible to reach sure conclusions, perhaps the most widely held hypothesis is that it embodies an overall scheme of 4,000 years (a "great year") taking the re-dedication of the Temple by the Maccabees in 164 BCE as its end-point. [4]

  8. Development of the New Testament canon - Wikipedia

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    The canon of the New Testament is the set of books many modern Christians regard as divinely inspired and constituting the New Testament of the Christian Bible.For most churches, the canon is an agreed-upon list of 27 books [1] that includes the canonical Gospels, Acts, letters attributed to various apostles, and Revelation.

  9. Paul the Apostle and women - Wikipedia

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    Women were reported to be the first witnesses to the resurrection, chief among them was Mary Magdalene. She was not only "witness", but also called a "messenger" of the risen Christ. [3] St Paul Speaking to The Women of Philippi (Stradanus, 1582) From the beginning of the Early Christian church, women were important members of the movement. As ...