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  • From: "Chris Cutler" <Chrisc AT powercall.co.uk>
  • To: <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: 1Cor. 14:34-5 (was Romans 16:7)
  • Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 21:56:45 +0100



Maggie Hoop wrote:
>
> Schussler-Fiorenza and Brooten argue that since a woman is fully capable
of
> maintaining the office of apostle as Paul defines it, we should assume
that
> Junia did the same work as Andronicus. Other scholars argue that even if

> Paul applied the term 'apostle' to a female, it had a different meaning
> because a female was not highly regarded enough within the early xn
> community to hold the responsibilities of apostleship.
>
> Any discussions, opinions, or references would be most helpful.
>
Any discusssion of the role of women is bound to quickly turn to P's
supposed directive that 'women must keep silent in church' so I thought I'd
grasp the nettle straight away!

Paul was aware that amongst Jewish circles, Gen 2: 21-2 (Adam's Rib) was
used to demonstrate the inferiority of women and countered this in 1 Cor
11: 11-12 (both equal before God)

Jeome Murphy-O'Connor argues* that the offending 1 Cor 14 could not have
come from the pen of P. and was therefore a later addition designed to
bring it into line with 1 Tim 2: 11-14 (let the woman learn in silence)

Thank-you Maggie for starting an interesting thread.

Chris.

*Interpolations in 1 Corinthians CBQ 48: 81-94 (1986)

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Chris Cutler
"Auditeur Libre"

What liberates is the knowledge of who we were, what we became; where we
were, whereinto we have been thrown; whereto we speed, wherefrom we are
redeemmed; what birth is, and what rebirth." (Exc. Theod. 78.2)







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