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Marasaw Doctor of Theology eima hnei haw |
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Friday, 07 December 2007 |
Pastor Laiu Fachhai (Vânoh Paw) cha University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, tawhta Doctor of Theology (Old Testament) degree piepa a châ haw.
A dissertation topic:
PRIMOGENITURE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT: TOWARDS A THEOLOGICAL-ETHICAL UNDERSTANDING OF PATRIARCHY IN ANCIENT ISRAEL
Abstract:
Ancient Israel was a patriarchal society. Primogeniture was one of its manifestations. However, there were surprising exceptions to the rule of primogeniture. The custom was often not followed. It was theologically and ethically qualified and politically and ideologically appropriated. These theological-ethical qualifications and political-ideological appropriation of primogeniture based on socioeconomic and religious-political changes of the ancient Israelite society indicate that patriarchy according to the Old Testament is not a static divine blueprint for all societies of all generations, but a dynamic socio-historical and theological-ethical process subject to change, modification, reinterpretation, and re-appropriation according to socio-economic and religious-political developments of a given society. In the name of patriarchy, women had been denied their rights, robbed of their dignity and worth, and regarded as a second class image of God in many societies then and now. Committed to correcting these wrongs, this research – arguing that patriarchy in the Old Testament is not so much a privilege as it is to a responsibility – challenges the contemporary hierarchical patriarchal ideologies, and contends for gender equality in all walks of life, remembering that we are all created equally in the image of God.
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