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A review by smithical
A Year of Biblical Womanhood by Rachel Held Evans
5.0
I wasn't sure about this book. I've followed Rachel's blog for a few years now and find myself only sometimes agreeing with her (she, a liberal feminist evangelical; me, a conservative feminist evangelical). And that book cover? One of the silliest I've ever seen!
But this book is so much more than a journal of how she kept the ancient laws of Old Testament Jewish women for a year. Rachel researches and studies and experiences the life of ancient women found within the pages of the bible, and shares her understanding and research of the culture of these women and their laws and lives. And I absolutely loved her continuous praise of her partnership with her husband, Dan, who was supportive of her throughout this experiment. Their marriage, an equal partnership, is more "biblical" than any patriarchal marriage of today.
I'm now very eager to read "Monkey Town."
But this book is so much more than a journal of how she kept the ancient laws of Old Testament Jewish women for a year. Rachel researches and studies and experiences the life of ancient women found within the pages of the bible, and shares her understanding and research of the culture of these women and their laws and lives. And I absolutely loved her continuous praise of her partnership with her husband, Dan, who was supportive of her throughout this experiment. Their marriage, an equal partnership, is more "biblical" than any patriarchal marriage of today.
I'm now very eager to read "Monkey Town."