Women and Men in the Christian Scriptures (Leaving Cert Religious Education): Flashcards

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Women and Men in the Christian Scriptures
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1st-century Jewish society structure

Strongly patriarchal

Women's court role in 1st-century society

Couldn't serve as witnesses

Temple priesthood gender restriction

Exclusively reserved for men

Jesus' interactions with women regarded as

Highly unusual and controversial

Where Jesus met Samaritan woman

Jacob's well

What Jesus offered the Samaritan woman

'Living water' providing eternal life

Samaritan woman's marital history

Married 5x, living with man not her husband

Samaritan woman's role after meeting Jesus

Public witness

Who was absent in adultery story

The man

Jesus' response about throwing stones

Let any without sin throw first stone

What adultery story highlighted

Double standards in society

Peter's leadership role

Leader of the Twelve Apostles

Paul's former identity

Saul of Tarsus, Pharisee, persecutor of Christians

Paul's quote on equality (Galatians 3:28)

Neither Jew/Greek, slave/free, male/female - all one in Christ

Women's vs men's roles in early Christianity

Women: informal roles; Men: formal leadership

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