The Shifting Status of Women from Old to New Testament | Ep. 88

Have you ever wondered what life was truly like for women in biblical times? The shifting status of women from the Old Testament to the New Testament world reveals fascinating and sometimes troubling changes in how half of humanity was viewed and treated.

While exploring the Hellenistic world of the New Testament, we discover a society that increasingly isolated women, categorizing them alongside other marginalized groups like Gentiles, minors, and those with disabilities. Women vanished from public spaces unless economic necessity required them to work. They were systematically excluded from religious and public life in ways that explain why Jesus's interactions with women were so revolutionary for the time.

This cultural context makes Jesus's approach to women all the more remarkable. When he spoke to the Samaritan woman at the well, he wasn't just being kind—he was challenging the fundamental social and religious constructs of his time.

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