@ Old Hermit....Paul was "recognized" for writing 14 of the NT writings and of those books, 6 of them, including the books of Ephesians, Colossians, 2 Thessalonians, 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus are believed by modern day religious scholars and according to Wikipedia, to have been written by another author and not Paul himself. People don't like change for the most part. Paul's writings allowed many OT practices to remain unchanged including the status of women so why wouldn't Peter, a product of his male dominated society, argue with Paul? @Atomiku and Apostol2013....women didn't even receive a formal education beyond a certain age until the past few hundred years, maybe? As a result, if the bible refers to men frequently, which it does and as illustrated by your specific example, we, as a modern day audience, should attempt to understand the mindset of the writers at the time which was they were writing to a predominately male audience that could actually read the Bible. The religious scholars were men so they had the control and education. Explain to me this....why was a male and female child under the age of 5 worth different values according to the book of Leviticus? yet God loves us all equally? There shouldn't be a monetary value on any of us. We should all be the same. Some may argue that as the boy and girl got older, the values of boys increased more because they were able to work. Why the difference then from 0-5 years old? Are those infants/toddlers going to work? Well let me ask you this, if there were only men on earth, how long would the population survive without women to carry children? At the same token, men were always worth more shekels in the OT than women. Why? I personally believe that is a man made rule and God may have allowed it but I also believe He may not have agreed with it either. Jesus was and is the reason for change. This is why Jesus allowed women to follow Him during His ministry. Do you realize how radical it was for women to follow Jesus when they lived in a society that taught that women need to be at home? Most of those women would be viewed as prostitutes. Look at Mary Magdelene? There is no written proof that she was a prostitute yet she is viewed as a prostitute. Some argue that because her town was noted for ill-repute, specifically sexual deviance, she was most likely a prostitute yet, there is no proof she actually was. Furthermore, she is quoted in the NT to have financed Jesus's ministry. How can a prostitute finance the Lord's ministry? Where did she get the money if she had to stay at home? We don't know and they are just questions to ponder over.