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Beth Birkholz, a Lutheran Pastor ,applied the Bechdel Test to the Bible<\/a>, and was not impressed by the results. Ruth turns out to be one of a very few stories in the Bible that can just barely manage to pass.<\/p>\n

Can you think of any others?<\/p>\n

$\"Ruth,$ <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"