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Minnesota church women count words in Bible spoken by women

By Filings on Mon, 02/02/15
Church & Ministry
Women in Scripture

“We were stunned nobody had done this before”

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Doug Flynn

NewThat figures...

Mon, 02/02/15

“Judith, who murders an enemy general in the Book of Judith, gets the most ink with 2,689 words. She’s followed by the Shulamite woman in the Song of Solomon, with 1,425 words, and Esther, with 1,207 words.”

War stories and intimacy. That’s all they ever want to talk about. :)

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Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.

(ESV, Proverbs 17:27)

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