Womens Studies

1 TIMOTHY 2:8-15: SITUATIONAL OR GENERAL?

Virgil Warren, PhD

1 TIMOTHY 2:9-15

ABSTRACT OF CONCEPTS RELEVANT TO WOMEN’S STUDIES

Virgil Warren, PhD

Introduction

               Something must explain why equally committed Christians come out on different sides of the same issue from the same Bible. It is either because of (1) unconscious presuppositions, (2) faulty reasoning, (3) misunderstanding of how language works, or (4) inadequate concept inventory.

ADDENDUM: “MALE AND FEMALE”

Old Testament Occurrences

Man/               Septuagint Readings: Ralphs’ & Brenton’s Editions Combined                     MT

Animal Gender                        (ἄρσην/θῆλυς)                                                                    נְקֵבָה/זָכָר

ADDITIONAL THOUGHT ON WOMEN’S STUDIES

“Ministry Before Consensus”

APPLYING NEW TESTAMENT TEACHING

ON MARRIAGE, FAMILY, AND PUBLIC DECORUM

EVANGELICAL PERSPECTIVES ON MEN-WOMEN RELATIONSHIP

Virgil Warren, PhD

Introductory Observations

In general, women’s studies relate to the genetic nature of men and women and cultural expectancy regarding their interaction. Discussing evangelical perspectives on men and women in relationship adds biblical interpretation to the inquiry.

FEMALE METAPHORS FOR GOD

GALATIANS 3:28: A TEST CASE FOR SOUND HERMENEUTICS

GREEK ELEMENTS IN THE INTERPRETATION

IMPERATIVAL INTENT

 Virgil Warren, PhD

 I. Description of Imperatival Intent

         ISSUES IN WOMEN’S STUDIES

A Guided Study

Virgil Warren, PhD

                 Below are six items for thought and research on women’s studies. Some points may be referred to in Hermeneutics: Getting the Point; check the scripture index for locations. As much as possible, consciously integrate into your write-up the principles studied in the course.

James B. Torrance. Worship, Community & the Triune God of Grace. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 1997. 130pp. Reviewed by Virgil Warren, Manhattan, Kansas.

In November 1994, James Torrance, professor emeritus of systematic theology at the University of Aberdeen, presented the Didsbury Lectures in the Nazarene Theological College, Manchester. InterVarsity Press offers these lectures in written form with a preface and appendix added by the author.

Man & Woman in Christian Perspective, by Werner Neuer

Reviewed by Virgil Warren, PhD

Werner Neuer. Man & Woman in Christian Perspective. Trans. from the 2nd German edition by Gordon J. Wenham. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books, 1991 [1981]. 224 pp. pr

MAN AND WOMAN IN ADAM AND IN CHRIST

Virgil Warren, PhD

MINISTRY BEFORE CONSENSUS ON WOMEN’S ROLES

NOTATIONS ON 1 TIMOTHY 2:11-12

Virgil Warren, PhD

PARAMETERS IN WOMEN’S STUDIES

Virgil Warren, PhD

 I. Biblical Passages Relevant to Women’s Studies

PROLEGOMENA FOR MEN AND WOMEN IN CHRIST

Virgil Warren, PhD

Précis   Neglected or misunderstood factors complicate any endeavor, including the interaction between men and women in the home, the church, and society. An unnecessary “edge” gets into discussions on this matter because of unconscious preconceptions about (a) the bases for self-esteem, (b) the nature of leaders and led and their interaction, and (c) the impact that love has on all interpersonal processes formal or natural.

STRUCTURING THE HERMENEUTICAL TASK IN WOMEN’S STUDIES: WISDOM OR LAW?

Virgil Warren, PhD

Introduction

            We are inclined to think that some reasonable explanation lies behind the variant understandings of gender roles by equally sincere and capable Christian interpreters. Something must be happening in the minds of some that is not happening in others who likewise take a proper view of scripture. We suspect that part of the difficulty lies at (a) the linguistic level. People do not remember that the imperative mood can have more than one quality, hence, our essay elsewhere on “Imperatival Intent,” which assembles the different values that imperatives and their equivalents may have. Another part of the difficulty lies at (b) the corpus level. People make different assumptions about the nature of the New Testament as a body of normative literature, hence, this essay on “wisdom” vs. “law” and the accompanying excerpt on “Confusing Advice and Commandment.” What we have to say here comes in association with the accompanying diagram.

SUBMITTING TO ONE ANOTHER:

THE MEANING OF “SUBMISSION”

Virgil Warren, PhD

            As with other controversial matters, the biblical view of marriage and the family gets lost in the throes of pendulum thinking. Truth tends to lie between extremes, but on this issue unnecessary rigidness creates an extreme opposite and equal reaction. After a while,

WOMEN MENTIONED IN THE BIBLE

WOMEN’S ROLES AND 1 CORINTHIANS 14:34

WOMEN’S STUDIES AND “STANDARD SITUATION”

Virgil Warren, PhD

WOMEN’S STUDIES IN 1 TIMOTHY 2: 

WOMEN’S STUDIES NOTATIONS

Virgil Warren, PhD

Introduction

            In women’s studies, something is causing equally committed, intelligent, educated, hard-working, well-known Christians to come to incompatible conclusions, which leads to disagreement and division. Since this topic has behavioral correlates, we cannot treat it as we do the millennial question and go on about our work; this topic affects how we go on with our work. Since it is a broad-to-narrow issue, people with different persuasions find it hard to be equally tolerant; it is usually easier for a broader view to be accepting of a more restricted one than vice versa.

ΑΥΘΕΝΤΗΣ  (AUTHENTĒS)

Virgil Warren, PhD

            An important item in 1 Timothy 2 is a case of αὐθεντέω (authenteō) that Al Wolters pointed out at the November meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in Lisle, Illinois.  It appears in Origen’s Commentary on 1 Corinthians, which, I believe, is one of Origen’s as-yet untranslated works. The full Greek text of the commentary is in Journal of Theological Studies, X (1909), 29-51. The reference appears in 74:20 of Origen’s Commentary. The text is as follows: