All religious traditions have sacred texts that are considered divinely inspired and provide guidance for believers. These texts are interpreted and their meaning derived through various historical-critical methods that seek to understand the social and cultural contexts in which they were produced. However, feminist scholars argue that traditional interpretations of some texts are limited by patriarchal biases and exclusions of women's voices. The meaning of sacred texts is shaped both by the cultures that produced them and by contemporary readers' identities and positions.