From: Kenneth Litwak (kenneth@sybase.com)
Date: Wed Jan 10 1996 - 18:54:40 EST
> I need interaction on this stuff please.
>
> 1. Does it contradict Paul's teaching in 1Co where women apparently can
> prophecy and pray with their heads covered?
>
> 2. Is prophecying different from DIDASKEIN? (see 1Ti 2.12).
>
> 3. What do you think of this rendering of v. 11? "But I do not allow women
> to teach IN A WAY THAT (OUDE) they exercise authority over men, but to be
> in submission (EN HSUCIA)"
>
> 4. Can EN HSUCIA mean something like "to have a quiet manner", etc.,
> without implying that they are not allowed to teach at all?
>
> Thanks tons!
> Shaughn
In understanding this difficult passage, I follow David Scholer, who has
argued that this exhortation/command applies only in the specific situation
pertaining to Ephesus. It does not contradict 1 Cor because it is only
meant for this situation. He argues, right I think, that there is some sort of
heretical teaching going on in Ephesus and that female leaders in the church
particularly have been swayed by it. It might be some proto-gnostic
teaching involving Eve, hence Paul's words about Eve. This explanation makes
the most sense to me, given what Paul does say elewhere about women and the
role they seem to have played in his ministry, e.g., Priscilla, who seems to
have co-taught with her husband though seemingly comes first; the DEACON
of Rome Phoebe; Junia the apostle, etc. It seems inconceivable to me that
Paul could have generally evinced a larger role for women overall while
apparently dissenting from that here unless this passage applies just
to the situation in Ephesus. This not being based singificantly on the
Greek text, however, that's all I say.
Ken Litwak
GTU
Bezerkley, CA
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