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Common English Bible celebrates Women’s History Month Print Email
Written by Jeremy Burns   
Monday, 03 March 2014 01:05 PM America/New_York

CEBStudyBible-webIn celebration of Women's History Month, the Common English Bible (CEB) is releasing a campaign honoring women in the Bible and biblical scholarship. The March campaign will include articles written by female Bible scholars, devotionals on women in the Bible and shareable memes for use on social media.

The CEB translation, released in 2011, included more women in the translation process than any prior Bible. The translation work included 26 women, while 21 women contributed to the articles and notes in the CEB Study Bible, which was released October 2013.

“Celebrating Women’s History Month is a public way to support women throughout history and the role they've played in church and Bible scholarship,” said Sonua Bohannon, senior marketing manager for the CEB. “We're proud of the passion these theologians bring to this project and to inspiring people's faith every day.”

Throughout Women's History Month, the CEB will release several exclusive articles addressing issues dealing with women in the church. Releasing this week, the first article will deal with “The Household Code,” a New Testament-era societal structure. The CEB team aims to shed new light on many New Testament texts such as Ephesians 5-6 through an understanding of code.

“When you understand the cultural importance and traditional structure of household codes, you are able to better appreciate Paul’s writings, in which he lists the ‘weaker’ of the pair first,” said Michael Stephens, project manager for the CEB Study Bible. “This was revolutionary for the time and is a nuance many modern readers miss.”

Two additional articles, “Gender in the New Testament” and “Gender in the Old Testament,” will also be released.

In addition, the campaign will include four devotionals about women in the Bible. Written by Christian authors and church leaders, the devotionals will cover topics such as female imagery in the Bible and the marginalization of women. CEB’s campaign also will appear on social media through several memes that will address the role of women in the Bible.