Title: Is Gender Inequality a Biblical Mandate?

Description: To what degree do God’s words to woman in the Garden of Eden– “to your husband is your desire and he shall rule over you”– constitute a mandate to all women for all time? Through a comparison of the narrative of Eve with that of Sarah and several later biblical characters, we will note the recurrence of this difficult motif, along with signs of re-examination, and at times reversal, of God’s pronouncements in the Garden.

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This session was given by Judy Klitsner as part of the Summer 2019 Pardes Executive Learning Seminar. This particular lecture was recorded and edited later by Judy, and some sound quality may vary throughout the podcast. We apologize in advance.

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Judy Klitsner - Host and Faculty

Adam Titcher - Executive Producer