http://safle.org/wordpress/2006/08/15/the-language-of-timothy-and-authority-of-women.html Pretentious Waffle from Wales Sat, 03 Mar 2012 19:18:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://safle.org/wordpress/2006/08/15/the-language-of-timothy-and-authority-of-women.html/comment-page-1#comment-773 The Proper Place for the Sexes in the Church at MInTheGap Sun, 03 Sep 2006 22:00:17 +0000 http://safle.org/wordpress/2006/08/15/the-language-of-timothy-and-authority-of-women.html#comment-773 [...] In order to appropriately address this passage, we first need to verify what Paul originally said. Fortunately, Stephen Kingston did a really good job of this in an earlier post: There is no reason to suppose Paul meant anything but “authority” in this passage of his letter, and it is quite inappropriate to surmise anything further from the Greek. [...] [...] In order to appropriately address this passage, we first need to verify what Paul originally said. Fortunately, Stephen Kingston did a really good job of this in an earlier post: There is no reason to suppose Paul meant anything but “authority” in this passage of his letter, and it is quite inappropriate to surmise anything further from the Greek. [...]

]]> http://safle.org/wordpress/2006/08/15/the-language-of-timothy-and-authority-of-women.html/comment-page-1#comment-581 Y Safle » Evangelical Dilemmas Sat, 19 Aug 2006 21:25:26 +0000 http://safle.org/wordpress/2006/08/15/the-language-of-timothy-and-authority-of-women.html#comment-581 [...] I have already written an article on why Paul used some non-Pauline vocabulary in the pastoral epistles, related to this verse and it seems to me that the infrequency of the use of the word authentein is no justification in and of itself to suggest that its meaning should also be considered unusual. Also the colloquialism does not seem to have been in use at the time of the writing of the pastoral epistles, nor does it fit with the general tenor of Paul’s remarks. [...] [...] I have already written an article on why Paul used some non-Pauline vocabulary in the pastoral epistles, related to this verse and it seems to me that the infrequency of the use of the word authentein is no justification in and of itself to suggest that its meaning should also be considered unusual. Also the colloquialism does not seem to have been in use at the time of the writing of the pastoral epistles, nor does it fit with the general tenor of Paul’s remarks. [...]

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