From: Kenneth Litwak (kenneth@sybase.com)
Date: Thu Jan 18 1996 - 20:14:58 EST
Stephen Carlson wrote:
> Kenneth Litwak wrote:
> > (you know, like Prisicilla did when writing hebrews,
> >according to one book I have seen)?
>
> I know you're writing somewhat in jest, but this issue came up a few
> months ago and I didn't get to make the following point:
>
> It seems that the author of Hebrew is almost certainly a male (unless
> Priscilla was concealing her identity), based upon 11:32 KAI TI ETI LEGW:
> EPILEIYEI ME GAR DIHGOUMENON hO XRONOS ...., where DIHGOUMENON, referring
> to the author, is masculine.
>
> Stephen Carlson
> --
Yes, it is somewhat in jest, but I was rather surprised to see a book
in my college library long ago called _Priscilla: The Author of
Hebrews_. I didn't read it, unfortunately. I think, thoiugh, that if
you are looking for clues in the text of the gender of the author, it
could be suggested that the exhortation to keep the marriage bed undeflied
would have more likely come fro a woman than from a man. Note, I'm not
calling this proof by any stretch of the imagination. We might also
wonder about the anonymity of the work, thoughchp 13 seems to suggest
that the recipients know who the author is. It does certainly seem
to me, however, that women occupied a prominent enough position in
Paul's ministry and churches (and Iknow ther are lots of questions here
of interpretation) and Prisca in particular, that it seems like at
least a plausible suggestion, but I wouldn't _defend_ it because it's
not what I think. I'd go withOrigen in saying that God alone knows.
Ken Litwak
GTU
Bezerkeley, CA
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