rigney@uokvax.UUCP (11/25/83)
#R:umcp-cs:-388500:uokvax:2700013:000:674 uokvax!rigney Nov 23 00:38:00 1983 Yes, this point was brought up in an utterly fascinating history class I took last summer. The misogynistic, patriarchal nature of judaism was in part to prevent women from the surrounding cthonic cultures from wanting to marry into the Jewish tribes, which would've diluted their culture and led to their eventual absorption into the general populace. Cultural identity was preserved at the cost of cultural harmony with those surrounding. (more and better details if anyone's interested. This is in no way an opinion on the current state of judaism, christianity, or other religions, cthonic, uranic, or otherwise.) Have a nice day, Carl ..!ctvax!uokvax!rigney