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JEWISH WOMEN IN BIBLICAL TIMES. 255
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XL VI.—THE STATUS OF JEWISH WOMEN 1ST BI...
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It has been observed that of the three g...
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in baskets , or umbrellas unfurled , and amidst exclamations from . the guests of the lateness of the hourand from the hostess of its
, earliness , after the most approved style , friendly greetings were exchanged with more demonstrative affection than in the '' chilly
north , " and all departed homewards , speedily to betake themselves to the more serious business of _" _-Abendsessen , " ( that mingled meal
of tea and fruit and meat and cakes , clotted milk and sausages , "black bread and white breadsalad and preserves ) for which in truth
, , —whether because the air is truly more appetising , or because the quantity of meat at German dinners hardly comes up to English
habits—none was more ready than I !
Jewish Women In Biblical Times. 255
JEWISH WOMEN IN BIBLICAL TIMES . 255
Xl Vi.—The Status Of Jewish Women 1st Bi...
XL VI . —THE STATUS OF JEWISH WOMEN 1 ST BIBLICAL TIMES . NOTES OP AN" EXTEMPORE SERMOK PEEA . CHED BY THEE EEV . _PKOPESSOR MAUKS , _OK THE FIRST DAY OP THE FEAST OP TABER 3 _STACXES , OCTOBER 6 TH , 1862 , AT THE WEST LONDON SYNAGOGUE OF BRITISH JEWS , MARGARET STREET , CAVENDISH SQUARE . Deut . xxxi ., 9—13 . ] . «
It Has Been Observed That Of The Three G...
It has been observed that of the three great national festivals , held by the Jews at the Temple of Jerusalem , the festival of Tabernacles
was the only one in whose sacred rites women were appointed to join . The reason appears to have beenthat at Passover the
, pilgrims remained the first day only at Jerusalem , and returned to their homes on the following morning . The case was similar at the
Feast of Weeks , ( the giving of the Law , ) and as these journeys were performed for the most part on foot , woman ' s physical power of
endurance was not held to be equal to such fatiguing pilgrimages with only one day ' s halt . But as the festival of Tabernacles lasted
seven days , and more especially as a considerable portion of that time was devoted to religious instruction , the women were
commanded on that occasion to accompany their fathers , and their husbandsthe Mosaic law regarding woman as on a perfect equality
-with man , in respect to religious knowledge and the duties of public devotion .
Moses conveys a very clear idea of his views on the influence of woman as a reliious teacher . Immediately after having mentioned
the name of woman g , he adds , " So that their children may be brought to learn of God and to fear Him . " ( Deut . xxxi . 13 . )
The legislator seems here to be impressed with the conviction , that the duties to be performed by women lie at the very foundation
of human life ; and that unless they be thoroughly instructed in
, religion , equally cared for with man , and placed precisely in the
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1862, page 255, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121862/page/39/
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