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Hannah should probably be included somewhere. Not sure the best way to do so, but she's important in regards to how the bible treats infertility, how she was contrasted with Peninnah, prayers (especially being mistaken for being drunk in her earnestness), being the mother of Samuel, etc. I'm sure there's stuff out there. Maybe I'll look into it more myself. I was honestly surprised to not see her mentioned anywhere here. She's like the first example I think of when I think of women in the bible, apart from Abigail, Sarah, Ruth, Esther, etc. I've always thought it interesting that she was the favoured wife when she hadn't given her husband any children which seemed like a huge deal for y'know, people living in a super patriarchal society.
There's also the description of an "ideal wife" that's in Proverbs 31. That seems like it'd be relevant to the overall topic of women in the bible. There should also be more than a brief reference to Lydia being an overseerer of a house church. She's perceived as the first documented Europeon convert to Christanity, she had more agency than some other women in the bible, she invited the apostles into her house without a man's consent, she had experience with making highly-valued purple dye, etc. Clovermoss (talk) 19:57, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
Maybe I'll look into it more myself.Happy editing! Jenhawk777 (talk) 21:09, 3 July 2022 (UTC)
Shouldn't the basic statistics be in the introduction? It seems strange to bury such key information down the page. Surely this paragraph should be the first or second?
Compared to the number of men, few women are mentioned in the Bible by name. The exact number of named and unnamed women in the Bible is somewhat uncertain because of a number of difficulties involved in calculating the total. For example, the Bible sometimes uses different names for the same woman, names in different languages can be translated differently, and some names can be used for either men or women. Professor Karla Bombach says one study produced a total of 3000–3100 names, 2900 of which are men with 170 of the total being women. However, the possibility of duplication produced the recalculation of a total of 1700 distinct personal names in the Bible with 137 of them being women. In yet another study of the Hebrew Bible only, there were a total of 1426 names with 1315 belonging to men and 111 to women. Seventy percent of the named and unnamed women in the Bible come from the Hebrew Bible. "Despite the disparities among these different calculations, ... [it remains true that] women or women's names represent between 5.5 and 8 percent of the total [names in the Bible], a stunning reflection of the androcentric character of the Bible." A study of women whose spoken words are recorded found 93, of which 49 women are named. PhilosopherReader (talk) 02:12, 17 January 2023 (UTC)
In its current form, the article seems to lean heavily towards the interpretation of progressive religious apologetics rather than how it's interpreted by most religious scholars and most Christians throughout history.
The section discussing contemporary societies should be bumped further down, or shortened significantly and summarized. It's important to give readers context, but this can be done with a significantly shorter section, or added further down.
Feel free to use this thread as a place for discussions for these edits. If nothing happens, I will begin the editing process. 84.215.26.170 (talk) 15:43, 1 November 2023 (UTC)