Van Leeuwen divides the bible into five parts: creation, the fall, redemption, pentecost, and renewal. Van Leeuwen first discusses how it is important event for us to understand the basic meaning of sex and gender. During the Pentecost we celebrated it as A Jewish holiday observed fifty days after the Passover. Now it is celebrated as feast during which the Jews celebrated God’s giving of the Law to Moses on Mount Sinai. Women were including in the outpouring of the Spirit, called Women’s Emancipation Day. Before the Pentecost males were only members of the church through circumcision and after the Pentecost both male and female were full members through baptism. Before the Pentecost women were to study scripture with men in the synagogue