tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post6538589735013458289..comments2024-03-20T10:47:46.434-07:00Comments on Annotated Skeptic's Annotated Bible: He taught them as one having authority (Matthew 5)Bruckerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08445755788968924719noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-33621627450702924422023-05-20T18:19:09.076-07:002023-05-20T18:19:09.076-07:00I can't believe I let a comment go without at ...I can't believe I let a comment go without at least responding in acknowledgement, if not addressing the issue raised! I do have a thought, however. I believe that what Deuteronomy 24:1 is talking about is a man marrying a woman and finding out that she isn't a virgin. My understanding is that Jews considered "adultery" specifically to be a married person having sex with anotherBruckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08445755788968924719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-15742878266417487072022-01-21T11:37:46.355-08:002022-01-21T11:37:46.355-08:00Deut. 22:22 sets the penalty for adultery as death...Deut. 22:22 sets the penalty for adultery as death, so it's fairly evident that Dt. 24:1 is about something else. The problem is that this is another case of Jesus countermanding Moses and violating Deut. 4:2 by adding to the law.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-39045767882575359112014-12-07T19:03:51.798-08:002014-12-07T19:03:51.798-08:00No doubt. The overall gender bias of the Bible is ...No doubt. The overall gender bias of the Bible is an important issue that I've never really delved into, and unfortunately probably won't. I tend to see it as being a reflection of the male-dominated society within which the Bible was birthed rather than a reflection of the spirit that inspired it. But then, I'm sure I'm biased, being not just a Christian, but a feminist.Bruckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08445755788968924719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14900114.post-57189019700088650322014-12-07T17:26:24.692-08:002014-12-07T17:26:24.692-08:00"...most modern churches interpret these pass..."...most modern churches interpret these passages with gender neutrality..." That doesn't excuse the bible's rampant gender-bias. It's hard to imagine a woman with hundreds of husbands and hundreds of he-concubines being glorified in the bible as Solomon is! Or a man being told he should never teach, hold a position of authority, or speak in church.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com