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In the Old Testament of the Bible there were four different ways of how women were treated. Firstly they were treated as if they were inferior to men. Secondly they were also treated as property of men. Some women in the Hebrew Scriptures were thought of as temptresses. And finally there were some women of virtue in the Bible.
In the Hebrew Scriptures there are many cases were women are treated as inferior to men. ...
There are also other sections in the Bible, which show women as being inferior to men. ...
Another way that shows women were portrayed in the Hebrew Scriptures as being inferior to men is that man could marry as often as he desired. ... And this links to my next point of how women were treated in the Old Testament.
It is clear to see in many points of the Hebrew Scriptures that women are described as property of men. ... There is no indication that women were consulted during this type of transaction. This again shows that men considered women as property. ...
Another way in which women were seen in the Hebrew Scriptures was as temptresses and sexual predators.
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