189: Busting Myths About Women in the Bible with Rebekah Hargraves (Solo Episode #39)

On today’s solo show, we tackling some common myths surrounding women in the Bible. My prayer is that you would come away from this episode feeling encouraged and better equipped in your ability to study, understand, and interpret the Bible for yourself, to allow Scripture to interpret Scripture, and to delight in God's design for and view of women.

What I Chat about in Today’s Episode:

~5 common myths surrounding women in the Bible (and what the Bible actually says!):

*Bathsheba seduced David and was guilty of adultery

*The woman at the well was a serial divorcee and likely guilty of adultery 

*Deborah's leadership of Israel was a blight on their nation's history and a curse on Israel

*Women are more likely to be deceived than men

*Women do not teach men in Scripture (and are not supposed to)

~The impossibility of Bathsheba seducing David (Hint: It has to do with the Levitical practice of bathing in a mikveh)

~The forceful language in Scripture (and blame placed solely at the feet of David!) that points to Bathsheba being the victim of rape

~Why it is impossible that the woman at the well had been an intentional serial divorcee 

~The crucial importance of growing in your understanding of the historical and cultural context of the Bible if you're going to interpret Scripture accurately

~The common misinterpretation of Isaiah 3:12, and how we know Deborah was not a curse on Israel

~Understanding, from Scriptural evidence, that Deborah was not God's "plan B"

~The words of Paul and James and how they both refute the idea that women are more easily deceived than men; other problematic issues with this myth

~What the entire book of Proverbs has to teach us about the folly of believing women are more easily deceived than men

~The prophetess Huldah and why God's treatment of her is so eye-opening and helpful for our understanding of how God views women teaching men Scriptural truth

~Why the story of Priscilla, Aquila, and Apollos is such an interesting one

~And more!

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