[B-Greek] 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 Quote?

Elizabeth Kline kline_dekooning at earthlink.net
Thu Jul 27 13:40:19 EDT 2006


On Jul 27, 2006, at 9:01 AM, Ken Graham wrote:

> I've heard from a couple of sources now that 1 Corinthians 14:34-35  
> are something Paul is quoting, perhaps from a the letter sent to  
> him from the Corinthians or some other Jewish source.  Are there  
> any grammatical signs which clearly demonstrate that these two  
> verses are a quote from someone else that Paul is then taking to  
> task in the following verses?  For instance some say the opening  
> article in verse 36 indicates Paul is arguing or proposing an  
> alternative to the quote.


The refutation of this notion is semantic and rhetorical, rather than  
simply a matter of syntax. A.Wire has demonstrated that the silencing  
of the "women prophets" 1Cor14:34-35 fits well within the rest of  
Paul's message to the Corinthian church. Her discussion is very  
detailed and I will not attempt to summarize it. Wire also has a  
detailed and technical discussion of the text critical issues with  
1Cor14:34-35, she rejects rightfully the both the relocation and the  
exclusion of this passage. All of this is more or less off topic for  
this forum.

Antionette Clark Wire, The Corinthian Women Prophets: A  
Reconstruction Through Paul's Rhetoric (Minneapolis: Fortress Press,  
1995),

Elizabeth Kline







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