The Women of the Bible Speak: The Wisdom of 16 Women and Their Lessons for Today (European Society of Cardiology)

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Just as there are varied roles for women in the Bible, life in the church today also provides variation. The Levite and his concubine travel to a strange town where they are vulnerable because they travel alone without extended family to rescue them; strangers attack. Suitable for groups or individuals, this guide covers all the major Bible teaching specific to women.

Men, on the other hand, were allowed sexual freedoms, such as live-in mistresses and sex with slaves.The roles women were expected to fill in all these ancient societies were predominantly domestic with a few exceptions such as Sparta, who fed women equally with men, and trained them to fight in the belief women would thereby produce stronger children. Women's managerial agency can be identified in some legal stipulations of the Covenant Code, in several narratives, and in Proverbs". They would also do so on special occasions in their lives such as giving a todah ("thanksgiving") offering after childbirth.

Both the ancient Greeks and the Romans cared and wrote about sexual morality within categories of good and bad, pure and defiled, and ideal and transgression. Priestesses in charge of official cults such as that of Athena Polias in ancient Athens were paid well, were looked upon as role models, and wielded considerable social and political power. The Greeks and Romans said a human being's deepest moralities depended upon their social position, which is given by fate and must, therefore, be simply accepted.

According to Frymer-Kensky, the story "has received a great deal of attention as a superb piece of literature, and several have concentrated on explicating the artistry involved. The author's opinions seem to hold more sway than the authority of scripture (a personal favourite was when Deborah being a judge was 'argued away').