Sections 1 CHAPTER I. 2 The above texts plainly show the simultaneous creation of man and woman, and their equal… 3 The first chapter of Genesis, for instance, in Hebrew, tells us, in verses one and two, "As… 4 Here, joint dominion over the earth is given to woman and man, without limit or prohibition. 5 L. 6 All the commentators and publicists writing on woman's position, go through an immense… 7 7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed… 8 23 Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from… 9 Like Socrates or Plato, his powers of conversation and asking puzzling questions, were no… 10 Then the woman fearless of death if she can gain wisdom takes of the fruit; and all this… 11 2 And she again bare his brother Abel. 12 There is something pathetic in Eve's joy and faith at the advent of her first-born: "Lo I… 13 "Hear my voice: ye wives of Lamech, and hearken unto my speech!" 14 E. 15 Nothing can surpass in grandeur the account in the first chapter of Genesis of the creation… 16 3 And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh:… 17 The Jews evidently believed the males the superior sex. 18 E. 19 Abram who came from Ur of the Chaldees brought with him the Chaldean story of the flood. 20 19 And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water: and she went, and filled the bottle… 21 4 I am a stranger and a sojourner with you: give me a possession of a burying place with… 22 E. 23 A singular fact may be mentioned here that Mrs. 24 C. 25 46 And she made haste, and let down her pitcher from her shoulder, and said, Drink, and I… 26 It has furnished the subject for some charming pictures, that decorate the galleries in the… 27 With our ideal of the great first cause, a God of justice, wisdom and truth, the Jewish… 28 The whole narrative shows Rebekah's personal freedom and dignity. 29 As long as woman's condition, outside of the Bible, has been as described by Macaulay when… 30 Genesis xxvi. 31 In woman's struggle for freedom during the last half century, men have been continually… 32 11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and lifted up his voice and wept. 33 A critical study of the Pentateuch is just now agitating the learned classes in Germany. 34 The faults of Laban, of Jacob and of most of his sons are brought out without any reserve by… 35 C. 36 Jacob and his wives alike seemed to think Laban fair game for fraud and deception. 37 These great object-lessons in nature and the efforts of the soul to fathom the… 38 In Rachel's hour of peril the midwife whispers sweet words of consolation. 39 The first mention we have of an aristocratic class of Kings and Dukes, is in the line of… 40 9 How then can I do this great wickedness and sin against God? 41 Indeed the Pentateuch is a long painful record of war, corruption, rapine, and lust.
Start Learning The book's longest and boldest chapter. Stanton reads 'male and female created he them' as scripture's own warrant for equality and a feminine element in the Godhead; Dietrick sets the two creation stories side by side in parallel columns to show they cannot both be true; Blake and Colby follow the matriarchs — Sarah, Hagar, Rebekah, Rachel — through a family history the committee finds far from edifying.
The two contradictory creation accounts (Elohistic vs. Iahoistic) The feminine element in the Godhead Eve's temptation re-read as a quest for knowledge Sarah, Hagar, Rebekah, Rachel and the matriarchs
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