TY - BOOK AU - Kroeger,Richard Clark AU - Kroeger,Catherine Clark TI - I suffer not a woman: rethinking 1 Timothy 2:11-15 in light of ancient evidence SN - 9780801052507 AV - BS2745 PY - 1992/// CY - Grand Rapids, Michigan PB - Baker Book House KW - Bible KW - N.T KW - Timothy, 1st KW - II, 11-15 KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - Women KW - Biblical teaching KW - Women in Christianity KW - History KW - Early church, ca. 30-600 N1 - 1 and indexes; I: Approaching the text in its context --; Approaching the Bible with faith --; The pastoral epistles: who wrote them and why --; Destination: Ephesus --; Identifying the problem: evidence from the pastorals --; An examination of 1 Timothy 1:3-2:11 --; II: The prohibition (1 Tim. 2:12) --; A closer look at our target verse --; That strange Greek verb Authentein --; Is another translation possible? --; The feminine as primal source --; III: The prohibition's rationale (1 Tim. 2:13-15) --; Condemnation or refutation? (2:13-14) --; How an important bible story was turned upside down --; New stories for old --; Of Jewish and Gnostic heroines --; The great goddesses and Eve --; The veneration of the serpent and Eve --; Considerations of childbearing (2:15); 2 ER -