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Why is patriarchy still with us?
Critics fault biblical authors for not abolishing patriarchy. But they wrote three thousand years ago, and we're still struggling to undo it today.
Judge ancient authors in context.
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Feminist scholars like Carol Meyers and the editors of The Torah: A Women's Commentary have built on their work.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 378
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