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Lemuel and his mother. Lemuel ( Hebrew: לְמוּאֵל Ləmū’ēl, "to him, El ") is the name of a biblical king mentioned in Proverbs 31 :1 and 4, but whose identity remains uncertain. [1] Speculation exists and proposes that Lemuel should be identified with Solomon or Hezekiah, [2] while others think he may be a king of Massa.
Proverbs 31 is the 31st and final chapter of the Book of Proverbs in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] Verses 1 to 9 present the advice which King Lemuel 's mother gave to him, about how a just king should reign. The remaining verses detail the attributes of a good wife or an ideal woman (verses 10–31).
Biblical womanhood is a movement within evangelical Christianity, particularly in the United States. It adopts a complementarian or patriarchal view of gender roles, and emphasizes passages such as Titus 2 in describing what Christian women should be like. According to author Rachel Held Evans, it is driven by the conviction that "the virtuous ...
Wisdom (personification) The personification of wisdom, typically as a righteous woman, is a motif found in religious and philosophical texts, most notably in the Book of Proverbs in the Hebrew Bible and other Jewish and Christian texts. The Greek Septuagint, and both the Qumran and Masada Hebrew versions of Ben Sira conclude with a first ...
t. e. The Book of Proverbs ( Hebrew: מִשְלֵי, Mišlê; Greek: Παροιμίαι; Latin: Liber Proverbiorum, "Proverbs (of Solomon )") is a book in the third section (called Ketuvim) of the Hebrew Bible traditionally ascribed to King Solomon and his students later appearing in the Christian Old Testament. [1] When translated into Greek ...
Yeolnyeo ( Korean : 열녀; Hanja : 烈女 ), also called Yeolbu ( Korean : 열부; Hanja : 烈婦 ), is defined as 'virtuous woman' during the Joseon dynasty of Korea. [1] Joseon was a neo-Confucian society with every aspect of life governed by neo-Confucian ethics. [2] Women were educated to be filial to their parents and in-laws, loyal to ...
The Book of Sirach was originally written in Biblical Hebrew and was also known as the "Proverbs of ben Sira" ( משלי בן סירא, Mišlē ben Sirā) or the "Wisdom of ben Sira" ( חכמת בן סירא, Ḥokhmat ben Sirā ). The book was not accepted into the Hebrew Bible and the original Hebrew text was not preserved by the Masoretes.
The Woman's Bible is a two-part non-fiction book, written by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and a committee of 26 women, published in 1895 and 1898 to challenge the traditional position of religious orthodoxy that woman should be subservient to man. [1] By producing the book, Stanton wished to promote a radical liberating theology, one that stressed ...