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Scripture Commentary article 2010-07-28

Place Of Master By Law

The Bible records a law that requires men to take the place of sole master in the home. We find this law in the book of Esther chapter 1 verse 22

1 Peter 2:12 1 Peter 3:16 1 Timothy 5:14 Authority & Submission Women in Leadership
Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-06-12

@_nomadic_meg Who wrote Ruth? Was it Boaz? How about Esther? Was it Mordecai? Ye

@_nomadic_meg Who wrote Ruth? Was it Boaz? How about Esther? Was it Mordecai? Yet the book was named after these women? Who wrote Hebrews? I have my suspicion it was Priscilla and she didn’t name her

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Scripture Commentary tweet 2024-03-13

@peace_got @JollyStine @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @pastherandie @MikeWingerii I see. In the Talmud says that the testimony of a woman has very little acceptance. No wonder they’d pick Mordecai. Here’s a quote from the Talmud in Sota 20a: “Rabbi Eli...

@peace_got @JollyStine @CharmyRosewolf @JoanBandy @pastherandie @MikeWingerii I see. In the Talmud says that the testimony of a woman has very little acceptance. No wonder they’d pick Mordecai. Here’

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Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Esther: a foreign-land example with three issues — she was in a foreign land, followed Mordecai's lead, and had authority only by the king's command.

Examining Esther as an egalitarian example

Esther Esther (book) Esther Mordecai Esther (book)
Pulpit research note

Commentary: Following a Woman Is Not the Problem — The Bible Commends It Repeatedly

Ardavanis says Adam "passively followed his wife's leadership," framing the act of following a woman as itself the failure. She did go first, and yes, he followed without objecting. But Ardavanis miss

Genesis 3:6; Genesis 21:12