Jesus did not pick any Samaritan men to be apostles, either, because of the cultural limitations he worked in. However, egalitarians respond that not only were the apostles all men, they were also all Jewish, and that indicates a cultural limitation that does not apply to church leadership today. “Even though many women have excellent leadership qualities, God still has clear role distinctions in mind when apostleship and eldership are considered.” Since Jesus was willing to break social customs, and Jewish culture sometimes allowed female leaders, Jesus must have had a good reason to choose only men-and that reason, Borland argues, is because church leaders should all be men. The fact that an occasional judge (Deborah, Judges 4-5), or ruler (Athaliah, 2 Kings 11:3) was a woman also demonstrates that female leadership was possible. Just three decades before Herod the Great took over as king, Israel was ruled for years by Queen Alexandra. Jewish culture did accept women into positions of leadership.
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