syrophoenician woman

  • 1woman — In Israel in the early period the man was the absolute ruler of the extended family; if a husband died, the widow was given to the nearest brother of the deceased (Deut. 25:5–10). Women had no powers, could make no decisions, though they could… …

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  • 2Syrophoenician — A gentile [[➝ Gentiles]] woman who asked Jesus to heal her daughter (Mark 7:26); she came from the area round Tyre and Sidon and in Matt. (15:22) she is called a Canaanite, which fitted the location. It is the only explicit healing in the gospel… …

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  • 3Jesus' interactions with women — Part of a series on Christianity and Gender Theology Female disciples of Jesus Gender roles in Christianity …

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  • 4Mark 7 — For other uses, see Mark VII (disambiguation). Gospel of Mark Mark 1 Mark 2 Mark 3 Mark 4 Mark 5 Mark 6 Mark 7 Mark 8 Mark 9 Mark 10 Mark 11 Mark 12 Mark 13 Mark 14 …

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  • 5List of names for the biblical nameless — Nicolas Poussin s Moses rescued from the Nile (1638) shows Pharaoh s daughter, who is unnamed in the Bible, but called Bithiah in Jewish tradition. This list provides names given in Jewish, Islamic or Christian tradition for characters who are… …

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  • 6Chronology of the Life of Jesus Christ —     Chronology of the Life of Jesus Christ     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Chronology of the Life of Jesus Christ     In the following paragraphs we shall endeavour to establish the absolute and relative chronology of our Lord s life, i.e. we shall …

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  • 7Clementine literature — Christianity portal Clementine literature (also called Clementina, Pseudo Clementine Writings, The Preaching of Peter, Kerygmata Petrou, Clementine Romance etc.) is the name given to the religious romance which purports to contain a record made… …

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  • 8List of names for the Biblical nameless — This list of names for the Biblically nameless compiles names given in Jewish or Christian mythology for characters who are unnamed in the Bible itself. Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Wives of the antediluvian patriarchs :Source: the apocryphal book… …

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  • 9feminism — The movement to establish the equality of the sexes. Feminist theology is related to modern feminism in general. It derives from women s experience of suffering and oppression. It argues that traditional Christianity, rooted in the Bible, is too… …

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  • 10Jesus —    The fight against evil, the DEVIL, and DEMONs are central in the life and purpose of Christianity’s Son of God. “The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil’s work,” affirms 1 John 3:8. Accounts in the New Testament tell of… …

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