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I. Current Attitudes toward Women During St. Paul's Life. St. Paul, born in the Greek city of Tarsus, and raised as a Jewish boy in a Roman world, grew up in a cultural environment which had its roots, broadly speaking, in four ancient civilizations, that of Egypt, Greece, Rome, and Judaea.
Nov 30, 2012 · The problem is put to Paul in writing (cf 1 Cor 7:1). The easy answer would have been to say, “Let the women refrain from praying and prophesying when you meet in worship.” Rather, Paul affirms the rightness of having both male and female leadership in public worship.
- See Raymond E. Brown, An Introduction to the New Testament (New York: Doubleday, 1996), 513; Bart D. Ehrman, The New Testament: A Historical Introduction to the Early Christian Writings (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000), 290.
- Ehrman, The New Testament, 290.
- In 1 Corinthians Paul says seven times, “It is written” (see 1:19; 2:9; 3:19; 9:10; 10:7; 14:21), obviously drawing upon Old Testament writings. In three places he directly refers to the law of Moses or the children of Israel (see 9:10; 10:1–11; 14:21), and in several places he paraphrases or quotes Isaiah (see 15:32, 54).
- Howard W. Hunter, “Being a Righteous Husband and Father,” Ensign, November 1994, 50.
Sep 27, 2022 · Paul’s letters are ambiguous and self-contradictory with regard to the role of women. According to many passages he accepts women’s leadership, for example, praising a female apostle (Junia) and a female deacon (Phoebe).
Jan 3, 2018 · Paul has earlier spoken of being careful not to bring our bodies into contact with prostitutes and idolatrous worship festivals (1 Cor. 6:12–20). Here, too, he is saying that bodies matter. Questions generated by sex and gender roiled the Corinthians, and they roil us still today.
Nov 10, 2008 · Also, Paul was a man of his day, shaped by the patriarchal attitudes of Greco-Roman and Jewish cultures toward women. We cannot expect him to think exactly as we do. Having said that, the phrase...
Jun 23, 2021 · The article also traces Jesus’ comments on divorce, gender, and sexuality, anti-Jewish and historically inaccurate Christian readings that classify Jewish culture as highly misogynist and Jesus and Paul as early feminists, and rabbinic statements inappropriately applied to New Testament women.
