WOMEN

FACT 1

• Women generally had low position in first-century Palestine.

FACT 2

• Jewish men looked on women as property.

FACT 3

• Jewish men looked on women as too weak to follow the religious requirements of the law

FACT 4

• It was difficult for women to divorce their husbands.

FACT 5

• Women were segregated during their worship at the synagogue.

FACT 6

• Many women were Jesus's disciples.

FACT 7

• Women did not have the same rights as men.

FACT 8

• Women were not permitted to speak during church.

FACT 9

• Women were not allowed to take role in government.

FACT 10

• Jesus first appeared to a woman (Mary Magdaline) after being raised from the dead.