According to Reverend Lindsay Hardin Freeman, an Episcopal priest, in documenting statistics from the “King James Version” of the Bible, there are 93 women who spoke in the Bible; 49 of whom are named.  These women spoke a total of 14,056 words collectively.  That adds up to roughly 1.1 percent of the total words in the Bible.  That may not sound like much, but compared to ancient writings of the time, the backdrop being that of biased first century, middle eastern, patriarchal, Judean culture, women are barely mentioned at all, if at all.  And if at all, it was downgrading or degrading.  Women were not even permitted to testify in a court setting, as their testimony was considered to be unreliable.  Plus, if we only count what the Red-Letter Bibles have of Christ speaking, that total is 31,426.

 

As a near modern day example, what we find in the fake “book of Mormon” (See my Bible Study:  “MORMONISM EXPOSED”), it has 500 pages that cover 1021 years of Nephite and Lamanite history.  Plus another 200 years of Jaredite history.  Yet in this supposed “Holy Book,” only 6 women are mentioned.  Of the 6, three are not listed in the Bible (Sariah, the wife of Lehi; Abish, a Lamanite convert; and Isabel, a harlot).  While of the other three, these originated (come) from the Bible (Eve, the wife of Adam; Sarah, the wife of Abraham; and Mary, the mother of Jesus).  They do not speak for themselves, nor do they play a prominent role in any sense.

 

However, I will state that mention is made of “wife; mothers; daughters; sisters; queen (no role play given); her; she.”  However again, none of them have proper names; that includes the “queen.”  To top it off, there is no mention of “Romantic love; wedding ceremonies, children (really?); family life (really?); and not even divorce” in the fake “book of Mormon.”

 

By contrast, a counterpart of the 18 hundreds, if I could call her that, was Ellen G. White, one of the founders of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church.  In her prolific writings, she spends about 20% speaking directly to women, and almost 80% speaking directly to both sexes.  In other words, Church duties, Salvational issues, Conduct in and out of Church, Husbands and Wives, Raising of Children, Missionary work, Health issues; Proper Diet, Farming, How to treat neighbors and the un-Churched, etcetera.

 

The women that are recorded in the “KJV” with the most sayings, are 10 women of the Old Testament.  With the standout being Hannah.  The one woman (better, two; see below) that spoke the most in the New Testament, is not the conversation between Christ and the famous “Woman At The Well,” in the Book of John, Chapter 4; but she is recorded as having the longest, single conversation at one time.  Not to mention Rahab, Martha, Mary of Magdala, and others.

 

Eve, the wife of Adam, speaks 74 words;

Sarah, the wife of Abraham, says 141 words;

Hannah, the wife of Elkanah, Mother of Samuel, speaks 478;

Jesus’ mother, Mary, utters 191 words;

Mary Magdalene says 61 words;

The Woman of Samaria at the well utters 160 words.

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