Now feminists' study of the Bible is one of the most important areas in contemporary biblical research. ... All authors identified by name are male. ... As the serpent was an ancient icon for goddesses, it appears that the biblical authors found it necessary to severe Eve from the snake.ii This step was also necessary to have only one god. ...

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INTRODUCTION Israel had seen long period of humiliation and spiritual anxiety through the seventy years of Exile prior to Haggai's ministry. One must know something of these trying years and the events at their close which issued in the return of the Jews to Canaan in order to understand the problem...

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