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This book may be twenty-five years old, but it is anything but anachronistic. Both scholarly and approachable, the argumentation is impeccable and the citations good. #GoodNewsforWomen #Groothuis #RebeccaMerrillGroothuis

Good News for Women: A Biblical Picture of Gender Equality, by Rebecca Merrill Groothuis, Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1997. 272 pages. Around the mid-twentieth century, the church began to re-examine its traditional patriarchal stance on the nature and role of women in family, church, and life. For centuries, the church believed women were inherently inferior – physically, mentally, and…