"In typical Palestinian masculine style, the Twelve refused to believe the women, since according to Jewish law they were not allowed to bear legal witness. It is clear that Jesus was aware of this legal norm. His first appearance to the women and the fact that he entrusted them with bearing witness to the most important event of his life cannot have been anything other than deliberate choices: this is clearly a dramatic link between a very clear rejection of the principles that placed women in a position of inferiority and the most important moment of his Gospel, namely the resurrection. Jesus' effort to link these two points is so evident that it becomes a damning indictment of the intellectual short-sightedness of men who have failed to discern its great value for two thousand years."
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