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To: elcid1970

Yes, it’s hard to square that final fact with any sort of non-alcoholic beverage. The text does say (in the RSV) “when men have drunk freely,” so perhaps the women weren’t getting smashed. They probably had to be functional to continue taking care of household tasks and children.


9 posted on 08/14/2014 4:04:59 AM PDT by Tax-chick (No power in the 'verse can stop me.)
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To: Tax-chick

Interesting gender roles.....when Jesus fed the five thousand with loaves & fishes, He first said to His disciples, “Have the men recline”, for it was a grassy & comfortable space.

Was that so that the women would be the ones fetching & distributing the baskets of food?


10 posted on 08/14/2014 4:26:35 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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