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Logical conclusion but, no, I am not Jewish. About a year ago God told me to read the Old Testament, KJV, so I have. I have been told I do not need to, nor should I use, any other texts. I do not believe this to necessarily mean other beliefs are invalid but there is however only one God, my God. I believe part of the reason I might be limited to one text the amount time I have learn stuff. I do have an English translation of the Peshitta Torah. There are at least a couple places where the wording of the KJV does not give females their due respect. This is not to say that the KJV is not very respectful of women.Are you Jewish?
This is a problem when referring to Bible. Some people are referring only to the New Testament, whether they realize it or not. When I refer to the Bible I mean only the OT.
So you pick and choose in order to avoid the explicit misogyny of the Pauline epistles, but have no problem with that of the equally inescapable more implicit variety that litters the pages of the Old Testament?
Sexism aside, the most troublesome verses concerning the bizarre caprice of the God of the Bible are found in the OT! Whether you take those tales entirely literally or not, how on Earth you could reconcile 'the morals of the stories' with the humanity-based pangs of your own conscience is completely beyond me.