Not a lot of respect for men
- By 2PhiloVoid
- The Junk Drawer
- 16 Replies
Thank you! This makes sense then that Corinth wasn't the only place where this was happening. Having read the bible, I don't see mention of women acting in a particular way but I know my church teaches that they were?
You're right, we won't see much in the way of explicit mention by Paul of what exactly the 'problem' was with some group of women in the Church of either Corinth or Ephesus. But this is where Hermeneutics, Historiography, Cultural History and Exegesis come into play, prompting us to ask questions about the many contexts that enfold any every single letter and book that is in the bible.
Nope, you're not missing verses, but we shouldn't expect there to be verses for every context that was circumstantially addressed by the writers of those letters, and in this case, of course, we're looking at St. Paul's writing. A number of contexts come by way of justified inference since, as you know, no human writing is ever done in a vacuum.Am I missing the verses where it is shown that women of this time were usurping men or is it just taken for granted that we all know the history of that time or, when mentioned in church, it's a 'trust me bro' moment?
I never, ever tell others to simply "trust me," and I always have academic supporting material on hand for my viewpoints and interpretive praxis.
I am eager to learn but would like true source material to study so thank you very much for your assistance!
What do you consider to be "true source material," sister CC??
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