1 Tim 2:12

Jim West jwest at highland.net
Thu Apr 27 13:57:58 EDT 2000


At 10:16 AM 4/27/00 -0700, you wrote:

>	The question comes with regard to the relationship of the two
>clauses and *oude*.  Does the not allowing "a woman to teach" only relate
>to the "man," [that is the sentence is stating that the woman cannot teach
>a *man* but can teach women and children] could it be that the first
>clause stands independently, and thus a woman is simply not allowed to
>teach.  He is affirming the latter, but I cannot figure an objective way
>to either deny or affirm his exegesis.
>	I am well aware of the ramifications of this question and I am
>quite aware of the other passages that relate to this question.  I am
>concerned with the syntax of the sentence.

Since its syntax that "taxes" you here (pun intended) Blass-Debrunner
suggest (in the 17th edition of their grammar), p. 374-5, that "oudh am
Satzanfang oder nach ou innerhalb desselben Satzstueckes = 'auch nicht',
'nicht einmal'.  But since the phrase you wonder about doesnt "begin" with
the word-- this is not necessarily applicable.

Perhaps oudh here could be rendered "not even".... (see Robertson, p.  1185).

In any event this in not a very politically correct way to render the
verse-- but I think that the author of 1 Tim meant just that-- that women
should be silent and not teach, and not even have any sort of authority---
over men.

Over women and children???  Who knows.  The passage doesn't seem to address
that issue at all.


Best,
Jim
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