Dissenting Reader
This title was first published in 2003. Few would deny that the Bible is an overwhelmingly patriarchal book that, over the centuries, has exercised considerable influence on the way in which women are perceived in society. From the opening chapters of Genesis, where woman is created to serve as man''s "helper", to the pronouncements of Paul concerning the submission of wives to their husbands and ...
This title was first published in 2003. Few would deny that the Bible is an overwhelmingly patriarchal book that, over the centuries, has exercised considerable influence on the way in which women are perceived in society. From the opening chapters of Genesis, where woman is created to serve as man''s "helper", to the pronouncements of Paul concerning the submission of wives to their husbands and ...
