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11 pages in length. A hypothetical look at how treatment of women in the Judaic faith might have been different if new verses were discovered to support outright inferiority. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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subservient to their fathers, brothers, husbands, and sons in all things. In all matters they shall obey; a mans word shall be their law unto death. Every man
shall be justified without consulting a judge in striking to death an insolent woman. I. RECONCILING VERSES WITH WHAT IS RIGHT If
these verses had remained part of the canonical text of the Torah, the techniques rabbis might have used to modify their impact and reconcile them to the view of what
is right would have provided for a more equalizing relationship where religious and social pursuits were concerned. Ancient times reflect a period when Jewish women were more readily equated with
chattel than with their own human species; while the Bible is replete with examples of women who have rescued their male counterparts from impending doom (Moses/Miriam), it was still to
be the law of the land that women held no more rights than the family milk cow. The areas of education, literature and religion have long histories of restraint
through the design of gender roles; effects of the designs were so well entrenched that they automatically applied to other areas of public life, as well. Because of the
existence of designed programs for women, Jewish women - like most others who have clawed and struggled their way out of religious confines - have long been discontent with their
predisposed lot in life according to the Torahs gender directive. However, Jewish society was not ready, willing or able to recognize the inherent contribution women were able to make
outside of the home. Women who voiced a desire to break free of their oppressive lifestyles and become an integral component within the outside world were scoffed at and
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