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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
You know I love you, beppe! 
The Bible is certainly in the main a patriarchal book, but there are notable exceptions. Jesus at times seemed to run against the patriarchal grain, and then there's the possibility (largely because of the sympathetic depiction of women in the writings of the "J" author, according to Harold Bloom and David Rosenberg) that the Yahwist may have been an educated woman in the court of King Solomon; as I mentioned earlier in this post. |
That is a completely reciprocal feeling. And this time I am using reciprocal in a not sloppy sense.
I am aware of the gender of the compiler. I read somewhere that it is for the style. From the little I know of Hebrew culture, their she persons occupied a very high position, In to day situation, some of Woody Allen films just strengthen this impression. I am writing this as Chairman of the Italian Chapter of Mothers' Enemies International Association.
