Megan Hartman’s Reviews > Rediscovering Scripture's Vision for Women: Fresh Perspectives on Disputed Texts > Status Update

“A mutualist sees Genesis 3:16 as a sign of both female and male disorder. A woman, in her brokenness, turns to man rather than God to meet her needs, and encounters a broken need to dominate her.” “Second area of disagreement, (was the curse a) pronouncement of Gods intent … or …. of the tragedy they have brought on themselves”

“Jesus of Nazareth stands for the one the Jews believed had all the honor and privilege before God—the free Jewish male. That women, slaves, and children were set free to identify with a free Jewish male in the temple of God, communicated to them that they too held the place of highest honor in the closest proximity to God... there are no longer any barriers between Jew / Gentile, slave / free, male / female.”

Lucy persuasively defends the biblical standard that women can be a witness for God, “Mary Magdalene first speaks the words, ‘we have seen the Lord!’ … the gospel writers place the testimony in the mouths of women with the results that they are entrusted for all time to proclaim the truth about Jesus, not in private, not only to other women, not to children, but to the world through the Scriptures.”

Extremely excellent book displaying aspects of scripture that are sometimes overlooked, which gives us a chance to reconsider what scripture might be saying, with the entire scripture considered. “Through a man, God reveals himself to us and through a woman, God makes the connection to humanity.”

“we also find an abundance of metaphors for God that refer to God as feminine. For example, on multiple occasions, we find God described in maternal terms. … the predominance of male imagery for God in the Old Testament is not actually pointing to anything masculine in God, just as the feminine imagery is not pointing to femininity in the Godhead in the way we understand this in hüman terms.”

“There is a growing assurance that the Bible tells a story of God releasing women alongside men into all forms of ministry, leadership, work, and service on the basis of character and gifting rather than on the basis of biological sex.”