Twelve Extraordinary Women: How God Shaped Women of the Bible And What He Wants to Do With You (Walker Large Print Books)
by John MacArthur
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Author: John MacArthurEdition: Paperback
Format: Large Print
Published: 2007-05-16
ISBN: 1594151555
Number of pages: 357
Publisher: Walker Large Print
Book Reviews of Twelve Extraordinary Women: How God Shaped Women of the Bible And What He Wants to Do With You (Walker Large Print Books)
Book Review: Respulsive and Insulting
Summary: 1 Stars
I could only get through the first two chapters before I had to put it down. I sought this book out for inspiration, but found it was sexist and insulting. I write this not because I one of those "new fangled feminist types", but because I posses a brain - a God given one. What I glean from the way the stories are presented is that the author's belief is that women exist only through men and have no real intrinsic purpose or value to God or the world, except through men.
Eve is portryaed as a pathetic figure, the author writes patronizingly about Eve's sin: "As the weaker vessel, away from her husband, but close to the forbidden tree, she was in the most vulnerable position possible..." and "...Adam's sin was deliberate (when he took the apple) and willful in a way Eve's was not. Eve was deceived". So, the author doesn't even think she deserves equal billing in the "downfall".
In chap. 2 about Sarah, when explaining how Sara and Abraham lied when they entered Egypt, saying that Sara was his sister so other men would not kill Abraham for her the author concludes: "...Abraham's motives were selfish and cowardly, and the scheme reflected a serious weakness in his faith. But Sarah's devotion to her husband is nonetheless commendable, and God honored her for it..". So, she is not a whole person in this author's view - they both lied, he calls it "cowardly" on Abraham's part, but believes God commends Sara, because she it was good she supported him - EVEN when he did something "selfish and cowardly".
As a Christian I found the simplistic and ridiculous for the 21st century.
I cannot recommend this book to anyone with a brain.
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