Thursday, November 01, 2018

Was ancient Israel really a patriarchy?

PROF. CAROL MEYERS: The Shunammite Woman and the Patriarchy Problem (TheTorah.com).
Virtually all biblical scholars—even feminist biblical scholars––consider the Bible and ancient Israelite society patriarchal.[1] But is that a valid designation?

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