THE BIBLE · ERASED WOMEN
Jesus Surrounded Himself with Women. The Institution Erased Them.
In a 1st-century Jewish context, Jesus's treatment of women was radical. He spoke to them in public, allowed them to travel with him, appeared to them first after the resurrection, and used women as the heroes of his parables. The institution that claimed his name spent the next two millennia undoing this.
The erasure was not accidental. It was systematic, documented, and deliberate. The institution chose the texts that served the institution. The women who were there at the beginning, who led, who witnessed, who taught, were not lost. They were removed. There is a difference.