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Women's rights and the Bible : implications for Christian ethics and social policy
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Women's rights and the Bible : implications for Christian ethics and social policy / Richard H. Hiers ; with a foreword by Lisa Sowle Cahill.
ISBN
9781610976275
1610976274
Published
Eugene, Or. : Pickwick Publications, ©2012.
Physical Description
xxxiii, 120 pages ; 23 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 26, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 95-99) and indexes.
Contents
Background : perspectives on women in Old Testament times. The so-called "patriarchs" and their wives
Other stories about biblical husbands and wives
Other biblical women of recognized status or importance
Women in books of the Bible named for women
Perspectives on women in other biblical traditions
The rights and legal status of women in biblical law. Women's rights
Equal protection
Capacity to appear and testify in court
Capacity to make contracts and to purchase, own, and sell property
Women as beneficiaries of wills and donors of estates
Women as heirs to property by operation of law
Summary of findings
As to Christian ethics and social policy.
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