Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoTIL although the idea that Adam and Eve ate an apple is common, the Book of Genesis never mentions the identity of the forbidden fruit.www.rutgers.eduexternal-linkmessage-square94fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkTIL although the idea that Adam and Eve ate an apple is common, the Book of Genesis never mentions the identity of the forbidden fruit.www.rutgers.eduDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square94fedilink
minus-squareminibyte@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoIt’s common knowledge Mary Magdalene was a prostitute. I’m not sure why because it doesn’t say that anywhere in the Bible. Well, I do. It was the easiest way to suppress women’s power in the church and in general.
minus-squarefrezik@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI think there was a non-canonical gospel that said so. And yes, the early church seemed to be relatively liberal with women’s rights. A lot of that got clawed back with later additions and choices of what books to include in the biblical canon.
minus-squareminibyte@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThe gospel of Mary Magdalene for instance.
It’s common knowledge Mary Magdalene was a prostitute. I’m not sure why because it doesn’t say that anywhere in the Bible.
Well, I do. It was the easiest way to suppress women’s power in the church and in general.
I think there was a non-canonical gospel that said so. And yes, the early church seemed to be relatively liberal with women’s rights. A lot of that got clawed back with later additions and choices of what books to include in the biblical canon.
The gospel of Mary Magdalene for instance.