American feminist leader and suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton was also an outspoken critic of the Bible because the scriptures often portray women as inferior and have been used by men to justify unequal treatment of women in society. The 1870 revision of the Authorized English Version of the Bible prepared by an all-male committee from the Church of England so greatly dissatisfied Stanton that in response she courageously decided to compile a commentary by prominent feminists on the many Bible passages that refer to women ...
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American feminist leader and suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton was also an outspoken critic of the Bible because the scriptures often portray women as inferior and have been used by men to justify unequal treatment of women in society. The 1870 revision of the Authorized English Version of the Bible prepared by an all-male committee from the Church of England so greatly dissatisfied Stanton that in response she courageously decided to compile a commentary by prominent feminists on the many Bible passages that refer to women. The result was The Woman's Bible, a fascinating book that explores, among other things, the documentation that Jesus believed in equal rights for men and women; the ignorance, arrogance, and hypocrisy on the part of the church hierarchy; and the slaughter of women who were slaves, wives of drunkards, or were believed to be witches. The insight that Stanton and her fellow commentators provide into biblical writings and into the minds of women of her era is enlightening and serves as an inspiration to today's feminist movement.
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton is a superior researcher and author. She, a ministers daughter, along with other educated women of her time, translated the Bible from the original. In her fact based book, she explores the perception of women as depicted in the Bible, male oriented beliefs, authored by men, expousing the place of women in our society and backed by God. She states how the Bible writers saw women, showed women, and kept women in a subordinate postion. Women were believed, backed by the Bible to be treaterous, deceivers second class citizens. The well written book by Ms. Stanton, shows the bias shown women and the religious background on wh ich mankind based their behaviors and beliefs.
