Re: [asa] Roles of women

Acts 18 vs26

Also Romans 16 vs 3 Prisca =Priscilla
vs7 Junia or Julia which is a woman's name. "men" is not found in the Greek (inerrancy of autographs!)

or do you follow 1 Cor 14 vs34 but that depends whether you translate lalein as speak/chatter or teach/proclaim

Michael
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Robert Schneider
  To: Austerberry, Charles ; Janice Matchett ; asa@lists.calvin.edu
  Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 11:36 AM
  Subject: Re: [asa] Roles of women

  When my wife began teaching courses in Scripture at Berea College in 1992 she encountered students who believed that a woman should not be teaching the Bible, a practice forbidden in their churches.

  Bob
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Austerberry, Charles
    To: Janice Matchett ; asa@lists.calvin.edu
    Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 11:08 PM
    Subject: RE: [asa] Roles of women

    I too cannot understand how teaching Hebrew can be considered "wearing the pants" as an "overseer." But I guess the SBC's position is that 1) a pastor is an overseer of sorts, and 2) theology teachers of pastors-in-training must be qualified to serve as pastors, and 3) teaching Hebrew is teaching theology.

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    From: Janice Matchett [mailto:janmatch@earthlink.net]
    Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 6:10 PM
    To: Austerberry, Charles; asa@lists.calvin.edu
    Subject: Re: [asa] Roles of women

    At 06:52 PM 1/30/2007, Austerberry, Charles wrote:

      Reasons (poor ones, generally) for restricting what women can do in the church range from hermeneutical to scientific. What strikes me is how scripture can become an idol, which can then lead to unfounded doctrines that are ungodly, in my opinion. Whether God chose to put inerrant history and science in the Bible should be a question resolved through open study, not a litmus-test doctrine. Likewise, whether St. Paul's attitude about women in roles of authority more reflects God's perspective or Paul's human cultural perspective ought to be an open question, not policy, in my opinion. This action of the SBC makes me sad, but it's consistent with many conservative denominations' actions towards biology professors who would teach evolution. At least women can teach biology (if not evolution) in SBC schools. But what if the SBC decides that pastors-to-be should learn some biology (imagine!) in SBC seminaries? Could women teach them biology, even though they can't teach Hebrew? Which has more significance for theology anyway? http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/religion/stories/012007dnmetnubaptists.176f48d.html
       
      Chuck Austerberry
      e-mail: cfauster@creighton.edu
      Nebraska Religious Coalition for Science Education
      http://nrcse.creighton.edu

    @ I don't think it has anything to do with "teaching", does it? It is unseemly for a woman to "wear the pants" as an "overseer" over her husband in the family or over God's flock in a church organization.

    Of course God did have to put a woman (Deborah) in charge of the army once since there were only male wusses available at that time from which to choose. :)

    ~ Janice

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