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• Women had little to no authority and weren 't treated as equals in 1st century Palestine
• A women 's status and freedom was severely limited by Jewish law and custom
• They were considered inferior and subordinate to men
• There is no wisdom in a woman except with the spindle" (bYom. 66b)
• Men had complete control over their wife and their daughter until she got married establishing their activities and their relationships that they were involved in
• Women were passed from the control of her father to the control of her husband with little or no say in the matter
• Women were not allowed to talk to strangers or appear in public venues
• A man could not talk to a woman who wasn 't their wife or daughter …show more content…
Robinson, the author of this website source has written many articles on Christianity and the Church of Jesus Christ thus I believe that this information is reliable. This research implies that women were in a subordinate position to man.
I will be able to apply this information in my essay to show how women were treated in first century Palestine.
• In first century Palestine, women were often treated as property
• "When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house." (Deuteronomy 24:1)
• This primary source from the Old Testament conveys that a wife did not have the right to divorce her husband but, a husband could divorce his wife for any reason, and he had no obligation to financially care for her
• Women were excluded from public religious life and were rarely taught the Torah, even in …show more content…
(1 Corinthians 14:34-40)
· This old testament bible reference demonstrates that women were not to have any influence; in fact it is preferable that they do not even