The Woman’s Bible
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In 1895, Elizabeth Cady Stanton published a controversial critique of the Bible that attributed woman’s powerlessness not only to the laws of the state but also to the teachings of the leading religions. A century later, her views remain significant in the current debate about the role of women in the church.
Having heard the names of Biblical characters such as Eve and Jezebel invoked to her pleas for woman suffrage, Stanton determined that the Bible was the primary cause of the subjugation of women. Arguing that, far from being the word of God, “these degrading thoughts of woman emanated from the brain of man,” Stanton and a committee of prominent feminists scrutinized Biblical passages relating to women.
The result was a book filled with both common sense and Biblical erudition that rings with both humor and rage. Biblical events were placed in past context, interpreted as both allegory and fact, and compared to the myths of additional cultures. Essays on the discriminatory passages characterize Adam as a whining tattle-tale and reveal the Ten Commandments to have been written “chiefly for men” (although Stanton concedes to the wisdom of the fifth commandment and does not object to the Golden Rule).
Stanton’s supporters had come primarily from the abolitionist and temperance movements, which were guided largely by Christian beliefs, and The Woman’s Bible outraged conservative suffragists. Publication of Volume I in 1895 (the second volume was not concluded until 1898) contributed to a dramatic shift in power within the National American Woman Suffrage Association, which officially disavowed The Woman’s Bible at its 1896 convention and subsequently rallied around more conservative views of women and the family tree.
This new edition contains both volumes of The Woman’s Bible. A new introduction places the document in its past context and comments on its place within religious studies.
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missing pages, older version is okay, this new one the 1999 one has the missing pages
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
This reads exactly like a book…You aren’t able to access the individual books of the Bible or do any searches. All you can do is hit the next page and it takes forever to get out of the Prefaces and Leader comments. This is all well for persons who want to go from next page to next page, but if you want access to Revelation…it’s going to take you a long time to get there.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I was completely surprised and repulsed by its feminist stance. I couldn’t bear to read much of it as I judge the Bible is the unerring Word of God. Women’s stature in organized church has grown significantly and I would not want my daughter’s and granddaughter’s minds poisoned by these thoughts. I have several women friends who have gone into the ministry and have been very successful. I know this is an ancient writing but it came off my Kindle the minute I saw the problems Stantan had been trying to prompt. She must have been a terribly abused girl to have such bitterness.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
wanted a bible with some devotional fundamentals…this was not it. would be best if there was a description before you buy…even at free… interested in the rewrite and commentary
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
This book isn’t what it seems- it isn’t anything like a new translation of the Bible with women’s perspectives in mind. It is a collection of varied and insightful early feminist Biblical criticism. Groundbreaking and a must-read for anyone interested in women’s studies or open-minded Christians.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5