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Good News for Women: A Biblical Picture of Gender Equality

Why wasn't Eve surprised when the serpent spoke to her?

Good News for Women - A Biblical Picture of Gender Equality (Electronic book text)

How did descendants of the Nephilim survive the flood? Why did Jacob fuse Yahweh and his Angel together in his prayer? Who are the assembly of divine beings that God presides over? In what way do those beings participate in God's decisions?

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Why do Peter and Jude promote belief in imprisoned spirits? Why does Paul describe evil spirits in terms of geographical rulership? Who are the "glorious ones" that even angels dare not rebuke? Michael Heiser's The Unseen Realm seeks to unmask this world. Heiser shows how important it is to understand this world and appreciate how its contribution helps to make sense of Scripture.

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The book is clear and well done, treating many ideas and themes that often go unseen themselves. With this book, such themes will no longer be neglected, so read it and discover a new realm for reflection about what Scripture teaches. Heiser's survey of the complex reality of the supernatural world as the Scriptures portray it covers a subject that is strangely sidestepped.

No one is going to agree with everything in his book, but the subject deserves careful study, and so does this book.

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It is big in its scope and in its depth of analysis. Michael Heiser is a scholar who knows Scripture intimately in its ancient cultural context.


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All--scholars, clergy, and laypeople--who read this profound and accessible book will grow in their understanding of both the Old and New Testaments, particularly as their eyes are opened to the Bible's 'unseen world. Bibliographies in each chapter that cross-reference subjects to a wide range of other systematic theologies. Good News for Women: And though faithful exegesis is certainly crucial, a "myopic fixation on a handful of controversial biblical texts will not ultimately resolve the gender debate.

This provides the foundation for examining the passages specifically relating to gender issues. Written with the razor-sharp insight that prompted critical acclaim for Groothuis' first book, Good News for Women shows that: Ukaguzi Sera ya Maoni. Flowing text, Original pages.

Good News for Women: A Biblical Picture of Gender Equality

Web, Tablet, Phone, eReader. Itasawazishwa kiotomatiki kwenye akaunti yako na kukuruhusu usome vitabu mtandaoni au nje ya mtandao popote ulipo. Unaweza kusoma vitabu vilivyonunuliwa kwenye Google Play kwa kutumia kivinjari wavuti cha kompyuta yako. Tafadhali fuata maagizo ya kina katika Kituo cha usaidizi ili uweze kuhamishia faili kwenye Visomaji pepe vinavyotumika. Vitabu Pepe vinavyofanana na hiki. May 16, Chenoa rated it it was amazing. I found this book rather fascinating. I appreciated the fact that she holds the bible in high authority and argues everything from a biblical perspective, with clarity and precision.

I hadn't explored this topic much and this book was very eye-opening, to say the least.


  1. Women in Christ - Book Review - Good News for Women, A Biblical Picture of Gender Equality.
  2. In The Image Of God: Implications for Gender Equality - The Junia Project.
  3. Command Performance (from Arabeske, Op. 18).
  4. Good News for Women: A Biblical Picture of Gender Equality - Rebecca Groothuis - Google Книги.
  5. In The Image Of God: Implications for Gender Equality?
  6. Feb 04, Allie rated it liked it. This book had some really compelling arguments regarding how gender roles are represented and perceived in the church, and argued that a lot of hierarchical gender roles are prescribed to the biblical texts instead of prescribed BY the biblical texts.

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    It's just a shame that it's written so heavily in the style of a doctoral dissertation, and therefore it was so dense that it took me a long time to slog through. Sep 13, Sarah rated it really liked it. Although a few years old, this examination of women and the church offers several solid arguments for an egalitarian viewpoint and was my first introduction to the topic. I would love to see a revised and updated version taking into account more recent views of the "emergent" church.

    Good News for Women: A Biblical Picture of Gender Equality by Rebecca Merrill Groothuis

    Dec 30, Jake Baker rated it really liked it Shelves: Probably as interesting as you can make feminist theology. Oct 01, Esther rated it it was ok Recommends it for: It's a blessing to be a woman. Despite all odds we riegn even in the sight of other humans. Julie rated it liked it Feb 18, Jyl rated it it was amazing Apr 28, Andrea Braun rated it it was amazing Apr 09, Jon Godsey rated it it was amazing Jun 07, Paul rated it it was ok Aug 27, Rosie rated it it was amazing Nov 18, Alan Yoon rated it it was amazing Apr 23, Kami Rice rated it liked it Apr 15, Lara Mcclintock rated it really liked it Jan 02, Chrystal Westbrook rated it really liked it Apr 04, Carol rated it really liked it Mar 20, Dawn rated it it was amazing May 08, Megan rated it liked it Sep 26, Dan Krodel rated it it was amazing Dec 16, Ian rated it really liked it Dec 24, Sarah rated it it was ok May 16,