Conservative Jewish religious leaders have for thousands of years insisted that in order for a divorce to be legal, the husband must sign the divorce certificate. The essential words in the traditional Jewish divorce certificate were "You are free to marry any man". Jews call this divorce certificate a 'get' – it is a Hebrew… Continue reading The Jewish divorce certificate gave women the right to remarry, but some men used it rule over women
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“Little women” have been called “silly women” which now contributes to misogyny in the church
When Paul wrote to Timothy about pseudo-christian men who beguile women in order to take them captive, Paul used the Greek word for women in its diminutive form (gunaikarion). How have English Bibles translated that? And what does this have to do with misogyny in the church today? The way most English Bibles have translated gunaikarion… Continue reading “Little women” have been called “silly women” which now contributes to misogyny in the church
