OUDE in 1 Timothy 2:12

Dave Washburn dwashbur at nyx.net
Fri Feb 16 16:30:09 EST 2001


I'm playing with an idea about this verse, and I think the language 
can bear it, but I want to get some additional input.  I'm wondering 
if the OUDE, "nor," might have some explanatory force, "that is to 
say."  A tentative translation with this sense would be something 
along the lines of "I do not permit a woman to teach, which is to 
say, to assume authority over a man etc."  The idea I'm heading for 
is one of arbitrarily placing herself in authority, rather than taking a 
teaching role by mutual consent as seems to be the case with 
Priscilla and Apollos in Acts.

Is this idea about OUDE completely off the wall, or might it have 
some merit?  Thoughts?

Thanks,

Dave Washburn
http://www.nyx.net/~dwashbur
"No study of probabilities inside a given frame can ever
tell us how probable it is that the frame itself can be
violated."  C. S. Lewis



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