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Author Holmes, J. M. (Joan M.)

Title Text in a whirlwind : a critique of four exegetical devices at 1 Timothy 2.9-15 / J.M. Holmes
Published Sheffield : Sheffield Academic Press, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (400 pages)
Series Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 196. Studies in New Testament Greek ; 7
Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; 196.
Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series. Studies in New Testament Greek ; 7.
Contents Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; Part I 1 TIMOTHY 2.9-12 IN ITS IMMEDIATE CONTEXT; Chapter 1 AN INTRODUCTORY LITERATURE SURVEY; Chapter 2 THE AUTHOR''S STATEMENTS OF PURPOSE, STRUCTURE AND THEME; Chapter 3 1 TIMOTHY 2.9-10; Chapter 4 1 TIMOTHY 2.11-12; CONCLUSION TO PART I; Part II 1 TIMOTHY 2.9-12 IN ITS BROADER CONTEXT; Chapter 5 AN INTRODUCTORY LITERATURE SURVEY; Chapter 6 1 TIMOTHY AS A LETTER: FOUR COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS; Chapter 7 REFLECTIONS OF HERESY: A FIFTH COMMON MISCONCEPTION
Appendix 1 FALSE TEACHING AT TITUS 1.14-16 AND 2 TIMOTHY 4.3-4Appendix 2 1 CORINTHIANS 11.3-16; Appendix 3 ADAM AND EVE IN GENESIS 1-3; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors
Summary Holmes examines four exegetical devices employed by all sides in the debate on 1 Tim. 2.9-15, proposing that together they create a 'whirlwind' effect which obscures the text's meaning. She concludes that (1) the immediate context is general, not ecclesial; (2) background often reconstructed from passages elsewhere in the Pastorals is misleading; (3) comparison with 1 Cor. 14.34-35 can similarly mislead; and (4) the conjunction gar ('for') has been allowed unduly to dominate interpretation. The writer of the letter, it is argued, has been misunderstood since very early in the Christian era, hi
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 331-373) and indexes
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Paulus (Apostel). Timotheusbrief (I.) 2,9-15. swd
Subject Women in Christianity -- Biblical teaching
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- New Testament.
RELIGION -- Biblical Studies -- Paul's Letters.
Women in Christianity -- Biblical teaching
Kirchliches Amt
Frau
I Timotheüs (bijbelboek)
Vrouwen.
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780567474469
0567474461
1283199904
9781283199902