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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday. October 1. 1»54
BIBLE COLUMN by D. Ben Aharon
Women’s Equal Rights
Woman’s ageless relegation by
man to an inferior position has
been due largely to prejudice and
ignorance of the true bilblical
facts. Throughout the generations,
both Christian and Jewish theolo
gians, in their zealous endeavors
to “clarify’’ the Scriptural refer
ences to women, only helped to
distort them.
The fact is that, while the bio-
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logical difference is recognized,
the Hebrew Bible pledges the wo
man on an equal par with man.
Let us see.
The first biblical reference
pointing to the equal status of the
sexes, we find in Genesis 2: 24,
which speaks of the husband and
wife "as one flesh.’’ Here is the
passage:
“Therefore shall a man leave
his father and his mother, and
6hall cleave unto his wife, and
they shall be as one flesh.”
Later on, in Genesis 5: 2, God
gives both the man and the wo
man the collective name Adam,
indicating no preference or favori
tism:
“Male and female created He
them, and blessed them, and
called their name Adam, in -the
day when they were created.”
Equality in status and rights is
again clearly pointed out in the
Ten Commandments where man
kind is admonished to “Honor thy
father and thy mother” (Exodus
20: 12). In Leviticus 6: 2, the wo
man is listed first: “Ye shall fear
every man his mother, and his
father . . .”
Moreover, Eve (Chavvah, from
the word Chaj, Life), Adam’s
wife who, contrary to the tradi
tional, accepted version, did what
she did vis-a-vis the Serpent
(Nachash, meaning also witch
craft) only to save posterity from
greater evils (as is clearly brought
out in the Zohar), is equalled to
Elijah and Enoch in that the Bible
makes no mention whatsoever of
her death.
Also, two women, Deborah and
Huldah, are equalled to the
greatest among the Hebrew pro
phets. Deborah saved the day for
Israel in her time. Add to these
the great mothers in Israel, Sarah,
Leah, Rachael and Rebecca, in
cluding Naomi and Ruth, Jael and
Hannah, and the Old Testament
picture becomes clear. The Hebrew
Bible places the woman in a high
and exalted position, making her
the queen of the family in perfect
equality with the man.
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