God changed a Woman's Name to "LEADER"

   Sarai was the wife of Abraham whose name was changed, by God, from Sar-ai to SAR-AH. Following that, the nation that she birthed with Isaac, was given the same name. The name "Israel" is a compound word that comes from two root words, SAR-AH and EL. Together, they mean PRINCE OF GOD.
   As we can see, God gave this woman a powerful name. SAR-AH means,  POWER, LEADER, PRINCE. The Russian Tsars took their title from Sar-ah's name.
   Imagine that, God gave a woman a name that means LEADER, and then named an entire nation after her. 
   However, this was unacceptable to the male dominated fields of scholarship and theology, so the Hebrew word SAR-AH שָׂרָה (which occurs a total of 40 times in the Hebrew text), was transformed by "scholarship" into two Hebrew words, occurring, respectively, 38 plus 2 times, and given two Strong's Concordance designations and two completely different definitions--despite the fact that the Hebrew word is identical, right down to the vowel points, in every instance.

EXAMPLE #1
The Hebrew word SAR-AH, שָׂרָה (STRONG'S H8283) occurs 38 times in the Hebrew) and is translated as, Sarah, the wife of Abraham and defined as, Noble-woman.

EXAMPLE #2
The identical Hebrew word, שָׂרָה SAR-AH is assigned a different Strong's designation, H8280, and occurs only twice in the Hebrew translated as POWER and defined as Power, Leader, Prince.

The misogyny in Bible translation and the Strong's Exhaustive Concordance is blatant. 

Complementarianism (now suggested to be called complementarity) claims that all men are created to lead and that ALL women are created to follow. If that is so, then why, when God changed Abram's name from "Exalted Father" to Abraham, which meant "Father of a Multitude," did he change Sar-ai's name (which already meant, PRINCESS) to SAR-AH, a name that means POWER, LEADER, PRINCE? 

There is only one explanation for this, and that is, that both women and men, were created functionally equal and are both qualified according gifts and callings--not gender--to lead.



  Woman this is WAR! Gender Slavery and the Evangelical Caste System, examines Bible commentary and translation practices which have historically been androcentric (male centered) and even misogynistic (anti-woman). 

   These have adversely effected understanding of the scriptures, relations between women and men, the happiness of men and women, and, in general, has hindered the work of the gospel, by forbidding women to preach, pastor, or serve as elders or deacons. The book chronicles the early history of the women's rights movements, as well as the role of church leadership in aggressively suppressing both women's rights and the historical record of Christian initiatives within the movements. 
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