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Women in the Hebrew Scriptures

Great Women of the Bible: Deborah, Ruth, Mary of Magdala

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUh1B2S-FwM

Notorious Women of the Bible
http://www.visiontv.ca/shows/notorious-women-of-the-bible/

Introduction to Hebrew Scriptures and Women in Genesis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e3Lg9a2PBo

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The status of women

Passages in the Hebrew Scriptures
(Old Testament) that treat women
as inferior to men:


http://www.religioustolerance.org/ofe_bibl.htm
Bridget

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