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For example, Stanton says that The Women’s Bible was written because “the time has come to read [the Bible] as we do all other books, accepting the good and rejecting the evil it teaches” (2:8). Through volume 1, Stanton’s approach to the Pentateuch, or the first five books of the Old Testament, reflects a largely negative view of ...
152pp, 4pp ads. The Woman's Bible is a two-part non-fiction book, written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and a committee of 26 women, published in 1895 and 1898 to challenge the traditional position of religious orthodoxy that woman should be subservient to man. [1] By producing the book, Stanton wished to promote a radical liberating theology, one ...
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton
- 1895
- Genesis 19: 30-37. It's the story of how Lot was made drunk by his two daughters so they could have sex with him and bear children (who turned out to be the ancestors of Israel's deadly enemies, the Ammonites and the Moabites).
- Genesis 30: 25-43. Jacob wants to go his own way from his father-in-law Laban, but needs to build up his resources first. He asks for all the spotted and striped sheep and goats, and Laban agrees.
- Numbers 22:21-41. This is about Balaam's donkey. The prophet is asked to curse Israel on behalf of the Moabites, but as he's on his way an angel with a drawn sword standsin front of him, visible to the animal but not to Balaam.
- Judges 19: 1-30. This is one of the most brutal and terrible stories in the Bible. A man and his concubine stayed in the town of Gibeah overnight. A crowd gathered wanting to have sex with the man; he sends them his concubine instead and they rape her to death.
The second was that the attacks directed by Stanton against both Christian religion and the Bible neatly parallel the broader arguments made by the women's rights movements against other societal institutions in this period, in particular marriage and restrictive divorce laws, the right to vote, and the right of women to freely deal with property. In this second aspect, the struggles of women ...
September 1998. Volume. 49. Issue. 5. Eighty years old and bedridden, her legs no longer capable of supporting her 240-pound bulk, Elizabeth Cady Stanton was scarcely disposed to attend the annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association being held in Washington, D.C., in January of 1896. It was perhaps just as well.
Aug 31, 2016 · The Tower of Babel — Genesis 11. The Call of Abram — Genesis 12. God makes promises to Abraham — Genesis 15. The Birth of Isaac — Genesis 21. Abraham tested — Genesis 22. Isaac and Rebekah — Genesis 24. Jacob and Esau — Genesis 25. Jacob’s children — Genesis 29. Joseph sold by his brothers — Genesis 37.
Mar 22, 2018 · This article shares the stories of some of the more obscure Bible characters. 1. Naaman. 2 Kings 5 tells the story of Naaman, a successful Syrian commander who had the disease of leprosy and was desperate for a cure. At the suggestion of a servant girl, Naaman went to see the prophet Elisha. Namaan’s story is one of turning to the Lord ...
