You got me there, Carol. Jesus was not a "feminist". "Feminist" is a very contemporary word, with contemporary connotations.
Sorry, Ann. Just me being obscure again.
What I meant is:
labelling Jesus as any of the things in my list would be how a person who has fallen into 'the Whig interpretation of history' trap would see or interpret what Jesus was about. The idea being that often we don't see the person in his/her historical or cultural context but rather in our own. Or, on the other hand, we might judge that character or person deficient because they do not live up to our contemporary standards or our own personal beliefs.
It doesn't mean I think that Jesus was a feminist.
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