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1 Timothy 2:9-15 Reconsidered (Again)
Wall, Robert W.
Wall, Robert W.
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"The present study agrees that the theological motive of the Pastor's instructions to Christian women (1 Tim 2:9-12, 15b) may be inferred from his midrash on Eve's biblical story (1 Tim 2:13-15a; cf. Gen 1-4). In recalling the salient moments of Eve's story, concluding with her childbirth as symbolic of a restored relationship with God (2:15a; cf. Gen 4:1-2; 1:27- 28), the Pastor illustrates God's interest in saving women qua women to underwrite the choices a Christian woman makes about her public practices: her modesty proffers a persuasive defense of the gospel for those who think its claims lack cultural or personal purchase. This article concludes with a "hermeneutical postscript" that proposes a reading of this passage as Scripture and, so, formative of today's Christian faith"
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2004
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