at another place on the web there is renewal of disussion of women/UHJ. gven my normal go for the throat style of discourse, i am seeking to understand the following, from the susan maneck. :"The Kitab-i-Aqdas, the book that contains Baha'i sacred law was written in Arabic, a language that by its nature requires the male gender to be used for collectives. "
http://bahai-library.com/compilations/women/1.html ok. when i ocean for instances where Baha'u'llah uses the phrase "o ye men" i get 5 times. four of them clearly agree with the idea that "mankind" is meant by men. however, i also have :"We exhort the men of the House of Justice and command them to ensure the protection and safeguarding of 70 men, women and children. (Baha'u'llah, Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 69)" my question is ..what word is used for women, and which ofr children, and are both of tmem masculine, since both are collective? i have a vague memory of having read some place or other that the term o ye men in english is expressed in different forms in arabic and farsi. any and all help appreciated. thank u. The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by the Johnson County Community College ("JCCC") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify JCCC by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. __________________________________________________ You are subscribed to Baha'i Studies as: mailto:archive@mail-archive.com Unsubscribe: send a blank email to mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: send subscribe bahai-st in the message body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/all_forums/subscribe?name=bahai-st Baha'i Studies is available through the following: Mail - mailto:bahai-st@list.jccc.edu Web - http://list.jccc.edu:8080/read/?forum=bahai-st News - news://list.jccc.edu/bahai-st Public - http://www.escribe.com/religion/bahaist Old Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.net New Public - http://www.mail-archive.com/bahai-st@list.jccc.edu
