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Deborah - A woman of spirit

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  It is often said that the world of the Bible was a patriarchal society in which God always chose to act, speak and reveal the divine purposes through men. It is quite probable that you are not familiar with the story of Deborah from the book of Judges, especially since the letter to the Hebrew in the New Testament singles out Barak as one of the great heroes of faith in ancient Israel when it refers to this story – an interpretation that is somewhat at odds with the narrative that we heard read this morning. The name Deborah is the normal Hebrew word for a bee or a hornet – and it sounds very similar to the feminine form of the Hebrew participle meaning ‘one who speaks’. So is the name encouraging us to anticipate a woman who will produce the honey that Israel expected to flow in the Promised Land, or a woman who will speak in mellifluous tones? – or perhaps the writer is preparing us for a story with a sting in its tail. There is only one other woman in the Hebrew Bible called D...
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Uncanonized Bible Books

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