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The Status of Women in New Testament and Lysistrata
Title: The Status of Women in New Testament and Lysistrata
Category: History / European History
Details: Words: 565 | Pages: 2.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Status of Women in New Testament and Lysistrata
Since the beginning of time the treatment of women has improved
dramatically. In the earliest of times women were mere slaves to men. Today
women are near equals in almost all fields. In 411 B.C., when Lysistrata was
written, men had many stunning advantages to that of their female counterparts.
Although women's rights between 30 and 100 A.D., the time of the New Testament,
were still not what they are today, the treatment of women was …showed first 75 words of 565 total…
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of speaking in tongues, or even speaking at all (I Corinthians 14:36). Speaking
in tongues was thought to be much like talking from the angels, which was
considered to special talent.
Overall the women of early Christianity had a better quality of life
than those in classical Athens. They were not only allowed to leave the house
more, but they were also treated more as equals in society's view of women, and
their public rights.
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