Which Woman of the Bible Would You Most Like to Know?

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Which Biblical Character would you most like to "know?"

Eve	27%	[ 6 ]
Sarai/Sarah	0%	[ 0 ]
Hagar	5%	[ 1 ]
Lot's Daughters	5%	[ 1 ]
Rebecca	0%	[ 0 ]
Rachel	0%	[ 0 ]
Leah	0%	[ 0 ]
Tamar	0%	[ 0 ]
Zipporah	0%	[ 0 ]
Rahab	0%	[ 0 ]
Deborah	9%	[ 2 ]
Delilah	0%	[ 0 ]
Ruth	0%	[ 0 ]
Michal	0%	[ 0 ]
Abigail	0%	[ 0 ]
Bathsheba	5%	[ 1 ]
Abishag	5%	[ 1 ]
Esther	14%	[ 3 ]
Mary (mother of Jesus)	0%	[ 0 ]
Mary Magdalene	32%	[ 7 ]

Total votes : 22

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27 Jan 2012, 1:24 pm

I wonder why King Jimmy's translators used the verb "to know" when, from the context, it seems clear that the original meaning was "to shag?" Does the original Hebrew verb have multiple meanings, which include "to know" and "to shag?"

For the purpose of the poll, you may assume either meaning you wish.

The list got to be too long, so I removed

Judith
Bilhah
Zilpah
Cozbi
Jezebel
Salome
other (please elaborate)/I don't do chicks

So, you won't see any results unless you choose one. But, please elaborate on your choice, anyway.

Bilhah and Zilpah were Jacob's concubines.

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27 Jan 2012, 1:30 pm

I know only two. Despite being forced to read Bible hundred years ago..
Can I choose Eve before the apple? Or all of them come with inevitable moral culmination?

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27 Jan 2012, 1:33 pm

Which ones were prostitutes again? Those ones anyway.

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27 Jan 2012, 1:37 pm

mar00 wrote:

I know only two. Despite being forced to read Bible hundred years ago..
Can I choose Eve before the apple? Or all of them come with inevitable moral culmination?

Given that they all grew old and died, I would suggest thinking of them in their prime. So, yes, Eve before the apple would be great!

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27 Jan 2012, 1:38 pm

Asp-Z wrote:

Which ones were prostitutes again? Those ones anyway.

Rahab was the prostitute who betrayed Jericho to the Israelites at the beginning of Joshua.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gTa7G8A4xM[/youtube]

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27 Jan 2012, 2:43 pm

A lot of women aren't mentioned by name, but rather by the names of their husbands or fathers.

For example, we don't get the names of Lot's two infamous daughters, but we do get the names of their sons. Even Lot's wife, who turned into a pillar of salt, is only known as "Lot's Wife.".

Potiphar's wife was probably rather hot, but the Bible only identifies her as "Potiphar's wife."

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27 Jan 2012, 2:54 pm

I definitely wouldn't want to be around Jesus's mother Mary. I wouldn't want blame for her pregnancy.

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27 Jan 2012, 3:02 pm

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I definitely wouldn't want to be around Jesus's mother Mary. I wouldn't want blame for her pregnancy.

You'd be worshipped as the first person of the trinity.

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27 Jan 2012, 3:06 pm

I already know Esther

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27 Jan 2012, 4:42 pm

I picked Mary Magdalen. She seemed pretty approachable - - and not just because she was alleged by the Catholic Church in later times to have been a prostitute. Rather, she seems the most willing to love, despite - or perhaps because of - her past.

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27 Jan 2012, 5:01 pm

Cain and Able's wives. I want to find out where they are from.

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27 Jan 2012, 5:06 pm

Abishag's the one they got to keep King David warm at the end of his life, right? You KNOW she was hot...

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27 Jan 2012, 5:06 pm

Kraichgauer wrote:

Mary Magdalene gets better coverage in the Gnostic gospels.

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27 Jan 2012, 5:08 pm

pandabear wrote:

Kraichgauer wrote:

Mary Magdalene gets better coverage in the Gnostic gospels.

Yes, I recall that from a History Channel documentary.

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27 Jan 2012, 5:12 pm

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Abishag's the one they got to keep King David warm at the end of his life, right? You KNOW she was hot...

That's the one. :wink:

Adonijah made the fatal mistake of lusting after her.

Abishag may have been the protagonist of The Song of Songs.

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27 Jan 2012, 5:22 pm

OliveOilMom wrote:

Cain and Able's wives. I want to find out where they are from.

If you take any stock in Jubilees

http://www.pseudepigrapha.com/jubilees/4.htm

Jubilees 4:9 wrote:

And Cain took Âwân his sister to be his wife and she bare him Enoch at the close of the fourth jubilee.

Jubilees 4:11 wrote:

And in the fifth week of the fifth jubilee, Seth took Azûrâ his sister to be his wife, and in the fourth (year of the sixth week) she bare him Enos.

Adam and Eve's sons were marrying their sisters.

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