Women In St.Luke's Gospel

In the New Testament Times Women didn’t have many rights, and were obligated to stay home, feed, and cook the family. It wasn’t common for women in New Testament Times to have the privilege of education (not necessarily a school), there weren’t schools as such for girls. A young women’s education was in responsibility of her mother. The mother would teach in the home and was learning domestic skills for example sewing, cooking and taking care of the younger children and babies.
In contrast a young Jewish boy would receive education in a school connected to a synagogue, which was usually given at the age of six. They were taught Jewish scriptures, history, geography, literature (Jewish) and particularly the Jewish religious law contained in the Torah (five first books of the Bible).
This shows the difference in social standing between women and men in New Testament Times. Jewish girls were not allowed to be taught the torah. As one Rabai said.
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