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Sep 3, 2020 · The first book, “Women in the Bible on the Golan Landscape”, has 41 striking photographs including Eve, Sarah, Rebecca, Leah, and Rachel, as well as the lesser-known but still recognizable names like Miriam, Abigail, Dina, Ruth, and the Queen of Sheba. The second book, which is not yet published, and which has only 20 photos to its credit ...
Priscilla, an example of co-laboring in the gospel (Rom 16:3–5; Acts 18:2–3, 18–20, 24–26) Priscilla and her husband, Aquila, played a pivotal role in the expansion of the church in Corinth, Ephesus, Rome, and beyond. We meet this couple in Acts 18, where they catch Paul’s attention as kindred spirits: fellow tentmakers and entrepreneurs.
Mar 22, 2021 · Jesus made time for women and treated them with care and respect. We gain an intimate glimpse of Jesus’s relationships with women in his friendship with two sisters. We first meet Mary and Martha in Luke, when Jesus is at their house. Martha is busy serving. Mary is sitting at Jesus’s feet, learning with the disciples.
Aug 31, 2016 · Inspired by Byzantine iconography, his Iconic series consists of intimate altarpiece portraits of Elijah, John the Baptist, Saints Paul and Gregory Palamas, Archangels Gabriel and Michael, and Jesus as king and high priest. Kehinde Wiley (American, 1977–), Saint Gregory Palamas, 2014. Gold leaf and oil on wood panel, 40 × 24 × 2 in.
- How The Greeks Viewed Women
- How The Jews Viewed Women
- How Jesus Viewed Women
- Scripture’s Good News For Women
Let’s begin with the philosophers. Writers and thinkers often infuse a culture with certain beliefs—and this was especially so in the Greco-Roman world. When examined closely, some of their ideas may seem surprisingly antiquated to the modern reader. For example, the revered philosopher Plato believed that women should be confined to the home while...
By Jesus’s time Greek ideas—including these ideas about women—had gradually crept into Jewish culture, despite Old Testament writings to the contrary. In the creation account in Genesis, God creates human beings as both male and female, giving them co-equal stewardship over the earth (Genesis 1:26-30). Throughout the Old Testament, women are given ...
Into this distortion of God’s original intent for women comes a new teacher, the rabbi called Jesus of Nazareth. What do we know about Jesus’s relationships with women? Did he hold the same opinions as his culture? Let’s take a look at a few of his encounters with women.
So what did Jesus really think of women? Did he touch them? Did he talk with them? Did he teach them? Did he give equal moral standing with men? Did he value them? The record speaks for itself. First-century women in Palestine were second-class citizens. Sadly, some church leaders have still viewed and treated women in this way. But Jesus turned th...
Oct 30, 2009 · There are two miraculous encounters with females in this paragraph, expressed through a beginning (Mark 5:21–24a), interruption (vv. 24b–34), and sequel (vv. 35–43). Jairus’s daughter is present for the agonized and desperate plea of her father, a local synagogue president. He requests that Jesus lay his hands upon the girl in order to ...
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The Bible acknowledges and celebrates the priceless value of a virtuous woman (Proverbs 12:4; 31:10; 1 Corinthians 11:7). Christianity, born at the intersection of East and West, elevated the status of women to an unprecedented height. Jesus' disciples included several women (Luke 8:1-3), a practice almost unheard of among the rabbis of His day.
