Treating Slaves as Equals

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Roman public official, thinker, and a famous playwright. He was born in Cordoba, Spain between 3-4 B.C. at a very young age he was sent to Rome to be educated for a career in the military and law. Because of his flair in oratory and debate, Seneca rose through the ranks to the position of senator and quaestor. Due to his quick rise to such high posts, people started to become jealous of him which lead to him to be exiled in Corsica in A.D. 41. (more…)

Used-boy Raiser by Grace Paley

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Used-boy Raisers is one of the short stories from Grace Paley’s In The Little Disturbances of Man,(1959). Generally, the entire book, and specifically the short story Used- boy Raisers is about relationships; the associations involving women and men are chaotic, baffling, and habitually amazing. In a book review in Chicago Tribune, Carolyn Alessio says: (more…)

Women of the Torah

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According to Torah, women have essential roles on this earth. It is through women that God selects to bring children into this world. A woman is called to partner with a husband, raise a family, and form a loving God-fearing home. Her role is so imperative that the command is for children to “Honor thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.” [i]. The woman here commands the same honor as the man. God blessed both Adam and Eve and gave them both the liability for caring for the earth He had made. (more…)