Moses Roles In The Passover Story Of Exodus

The status of women in Palestine during the time of Jesus was very decidedly that of inferiors. The women is, ‘in all things inferior to the man,’ as stated by first century

In Exodus 1:15-22 we get a glimpse at the Hebrew midwifes Shiphrah and Puah. This story describes

For thousands of years there has been a strong distinction between the roles of men and women. Often times in stories there will be women that are only mentioned for their beauty and charisma. Hardly ever will you see pages upon pages being spent talking about the true character and accomplishments of women characters. Even though stories like The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Book of Genesis were written thousands of year ago, (when stories were told mostly told from a males perspective) the light shined on women in the texts show them as wise, strong, and greatly influential beings. In The Epic of Gilgamesh and the Book of  Genesis, the writer shows the women as bringers of knowledge,  guidance, and care to the men in the texts that are lacking thereof.

In this paper, I am going to analyze the female characters that caught my attention the most in the three stories The Epic of Gilgamesh, Thousand and One Nights, and Candide. They all are important characters in each of the stories and their influence in the story is to help. These stories also depict how women were being treated during these times such as being used for their bodies or their wisdom. The characters that I will be analyzing in the paper are Shamhat, Shiduri, Sharazad, the Old Woman, and Cunegonde. In all three stories, they mostly share the same depictions of the role of women and how women weren’t really important besides their bodies.

In Exodus 1:15, the Pharaoh orders the midwives to kill the baby boys born to Hebrew women. The midwives defy the Pharaoh by sparing the baby’s lives. When the Pharaoh questioned their disobedience, they tell him: “Because the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women: they are vigorous. Before the midwife can come to them, they have given birth” (Ex. 1:19). According to Raveh (2013), the Pharaoh failed to recognize that women, not men, or baby boys, were the threat to his kingdom. The midwives demonstrate their fear in God by disobeying the Pharaoh, recognizing he was not their leader. Additionally, Moses would cease to exist if the women obeyed the Pharaoh.

to scatter your enemy, to drive him before you,to see his cities reduced to ashes, to see those who love him shrouded in tears,and to gather into your bosom his wives and daughters." Genghis Khan, much like the Hebrew Bible during certain points, regards women as objects. However, to write the Hebrew Bible off as fully misogynistic would not do the ancient texts justice. From Genesis to Judges 2, the Hebrew Bible objectifies women, uses them as scapegoats, but during certain points rises them to the level of highly admired Prophets and warriors. This essay attempts to explore the various undertones of femininity depicted throughout the Hebrew Bible.

In the Hebrew Bible, the Book of Genesis and the Greek play Medea, by Euripides, contain female characters that can be seen as complex and have significance and meaning in the text. There are many interpretations involving the female characters, some characters may be portrayed as weak and irrational or strong-willed and wise. I will argue that, women are portrayed in the Hebrew Bible and Medea as irrational and senseless, in order for the men to be portrayed as superior and for women to be seen as inferior. This idea of the female characters being irrational and senseless can be seen in Genesis 4, Genesis 18, Genesis 29, and throughout the Medea play.

The women of these novels showed feminine empowerment. Although they had obstacles that could have over come them they still stood against them and showed that females can be strong and independent too.

(Anita, 2007, 234) Moreover, Rachel teaches Dinah not only knowledge and technique about delivering babies but also female values and philosophy about love, dedication and sacrifice. She is only one in the red tent who brings Dinah out of the red tent and encourages her to purser the true love bravely; she has given Dinah many spiritual supports and guidance. Furthermore, Rachel is a great teacher for Dinah and other women who live in the red tent. According to Reading the Women of the Bible, in the biblical time, women were undermined by the society in which they live in. They spent almost all their adult lives producing and looking after children.

     The first things we will look at to show women’s roles reflected in Classical mythology

A unique element to the New Testament is its portrayal of women. In early Christian communities, the impression is given that women and men had an identical purpose (Metzger and David 336). One significant woman mentioned in Acts, as well as other places in the Bible, is Priscilla. In the Bible, she is always mentioned together with Aquila, her husband (Achtemeier and Boraas 882). She played an important role in early church history and is known as a prominent woman in the early Christian church (Achtemeier and Borass 882).

It is tough to get a clear look into the ways Meyers interprets textual evidence since her focus on women’s religion is often marginalized. Nonetheless, she does with what she has to make a full and convincing argument. Meyers identifies that feminist biblical study is masculinized, so she decides to uncover the role of women in the sanctuary through the Deuteronomic use of unisexual terms such as “you” and “person”. In doing so, she concludes that both women and men were to engage in communal events and offerings (Meyers 2002, 279-280).

“Women as Vessel” quote was used in the Bible to describe the role of early women in the Christian era. That period tells that tells women that God set them under the power of men for their security because they are weaker than the men. In any case, a more careful examination of this statement will uncover that it is not alluding to more fragile edge or constitution of the woman, yet to more uncertain status in the Christian era. It is in this way alluding to a common shortcoming wherein the woman is minimized and not given the chances to completely express her blessings and capacities.

In the Old Testament women called "Helpmates, Harlots and Heroes”, the women that I read which are good examples of the roles many people love the amazing, inspiring women of the Bible. Including, Eve the Mother of all the living, the powerful matriarchs Sarah, Rebekah and Ruth and Mary the Mother of Jesus. Their stories are our stories, woven in a thousand different ways through the dramas and celebrations of own life.

The Book of Judges narrates six women who are and will always be remembered by their outstanding and remarkable work. They are, Achsah, Deborah, Jael, Japhthah’s daughter, Delilah and the identity of two of them is not revealed. O’Connor (1980) suggests that, “The book of Judges” demonstrates this disparity as observed; women assume a vital function in its set-up as the volume’s subject is “marginalization” (278). Women are well known in three major roles, that is, being a mother, a daughter or a mate. Despite these limited roles, the Book of Judges shows that women are powerful and