The Old Testament’s Position On Female Behavior

If you were to summarize in one word what the Old Testament saidabout how women ought to behave, it would be “submissive.” Women were destined to protect their sexual honor until they fulfilled a submissive role in the family home. This was made most vividly clear with the story of the Oholah and Oholibah sisters, found in Ezekiel 23, which uses a metaphor to describe the Jews “whoring” themselves to other gods. Besides the changing of a few details, it’s a tale that rings eerily familiarto...