- Last lesson
- How women were regarded in Old Testament times
- What changed going into the 1st century
- This lesson
- What changed going into the 1st century
- How that contrasted with Jesus’ ministry
- Rabbinical justification
- What???
- Rabbis were not mentioned in the Old Testament. It was not an office created by God.
- Matthew 15:1-9
- Sometimes scripture, sometimes “reasoning”
- Examples
- Psalms 45:13 – Interpretation: A woman’s place is in the home.
- Deuteronomy 4:9 – Interpretation: Don’t teach your daughters the law.
- Rabbi Jose ben Johanan – Don’t talk to women!
- Rabbi Rabbah – Women are to stay at home.
- Rabbi Erubin – Women are to be covered and shut up at home.
- Women’s court in the temple
- Women limited to only the women’s court in the temple.
- Contrasting tradition with gospels and epistles
- Women not relegated to the home
- Workers in the home, yes – Titus 2:3-5
- But no mandate to exclusivity – Acts 16:11-15, 40
- Women present in much of Jesus’ ministry
- Not part of the 12 or of the 70
- Almost constantly present during His ministry
- Never chided or degraded in New Testament writings
- Women not relegated to the home
- The woman at the well
- John 4:1-45
- Brings up rift between Jew and Samaritan
- Jesus proves His perfect knowledge
- She decides to use that knowledge
- Leads her to the knowledge that Jesus is the Messiah
- She takes the message to the village
- More about women
- Matthew 12:46-50
- Women included
- Could be disciples
- Luke 7:36-50
- Matthew 12:46-50
- Coming weeks
- Social strata of Jerusalem
- Religious sects
- Temple
- Priesthood
- What???
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