![]() ![]() She also stood at a giant “Welcome to Dayton” sign for 30 minutes with a poster declaring “DAN IS AWESOME!”, since the Proverbs 31 woman’s husband is “respected at the city gate” (Proverbs 31:23). On top of all the traditional wifey-duties, she resolved to call her husband “master” (1 Peter 3:5-6), and camped outdoors during her period (Leviticus 15:19). Be one of multiple wives (Exodus 21:10)Įqually bewildered at the concept of “Biblical womanhood”, Rachel Held Evans decided to live one year as a literal “Biblical woman”, or rather, adopt the lifestyle of women in the Bible.Įvery month, she focused on a different virtue. She created a list of “Biblical Woman’s Ten Commandments” (pxxi), which includes, but are not limited to “cover thy head when in prayer” (1 Corinthians 11:3-16), “thou shalt not cut thy hair” (1 Corinthians 11:15), and “thou shall not teach in church” (1 Corinthians 14:33-35/1 Timothy 2:12).Remain silent in church (1 Corinthians 14:34-35).Be forced to marry her rapist (Deuteronomy 22:28-29).Suddenly, we are plague with the baffling concept of “B iblical womanhood”.Īccording to Rachel Held Evans in A Year of Biblical Womanhood: How a liberated woman found herself sitting on her roof, covering her head, and calling her husband master, it is “Biblical” for a woman to (pg xix): ![]() Biblical caffeination.Īnd then they came for the women. Some people like to stick the word “Biblical” in front of every darn noun and pretend it’s a thing. ![]()
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