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The Status of Women In the New Testament.
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The Status of Women in the New Testament. When assessing the history of women's role and position in society, it is notably the period of the New Testament which proved to be a major turning point in the status of women, and was the starting point for the near-equality experienced in today's society. Graham Stanton observes that 'The status of women was markedly inferior to that of men throughout the ancient world, including Judaism.'1 Thus, by looking to the society preceding that of Christ, one can only understand what a profound influence Christ had on the previous Jewish and Greek customs of women. The society in which Jesus lived was strongly patriarchal; the worth and dignity of women was not recognized, the women's role was domesticated, to be a faithful wife and mother, and women who stepped outside this role were vilified. Women had almost no role at...
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