Women In The Bible
By John Baldock
At first glance, this is a perfect book for me, reporting on the blurb that a close look at the Bible shows that women used to be regarded as men’s equals, rather than their subjects. This certainly goes against anything I’ve ever detected in there, and I was keen to rectify my apparent ignorance.
The book goes a shade over 200 pages. I struggled through the boredom of reading 84 pages of what is nothing more than a reference book. Know what I found? Nothing that I wouldn’t have expected. There was one woman who became the only one to hold titular rank of judge, and another, Jael, who became somewhat praiseworthy for her actions. Of course, these actions were deceitful; she allowed the fatigued warrior Sisera to recuperate in her tent, before she snuck in and hammered a tent peg into his skull whilst he slept. He was a gentile, so that was considered a good thing. Heaven forbid that a woman be shown as doing something moral, hey.
I found this book to be a total waste of time. It did nothing whatsoever to change my perception that women were very much on the second tier in a misogynistic society, despite claims that it would show them to have been equal.
Total rip-off.