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@JayCCalhoun@BrianDembo@pastordmack@BethMooreLPM My point is you could make the same argument about Deut 24 when it is called out as not the case in Matt 19.
My stance is regardless of treatment "allowed" with others in the law, we should err on the side of abstaining when it comes to image-bearers under the New Covenant.
@JayCCalhoun@BrianDembo@pastordmack@BethMooreLPM Specifically for Israel, it would appear? Also, it is intriguing to note it as optional and compare that to Jesus noting Deuteronomy 24 as a concession Moses made due to the hardness of heart of the Israelites. "But it was not this way from the beginning."
@BrianDembo@JayCCalhoun@pastordmack@BethMooreLPM In addition, the simple facts are A) there are relatively few written works IN GENERAL in antiquity and B) even fewer by women, Christian or not. Education levels and societal misogyny are the cause the cause here, it would appear, not doctrine.