On Fri, 9 May 2008, Christine Smith wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was pondering the role of women in church with
> respect to the New Testament texts (a particularly
> thorny question for me, as I don't like the idea of
> writing off such texts as merely "the culture of the
> time"), and as I reread them, the thought occurred to
> me--if we understand Genesis 2 & 3 in
> mythological/theological terms, rather than strictly
> "literal" or "historical" terms, how then does this
> affect our interpretation of (in particular) I
> Corinthians 11:2-16 and I Timothy 2: 8-15. And
> conversely, how should these NT texts affect our
> interpretation of Genesis? Just curious on what your
> insights might be into this...thanks!
Paul affirms that it is valid to derive principles of behavior from
Genesis. Jesus does the same in his teaching about marriage. Some of the
applications of these principles appear to be related to the prevailing
culture. This should not be an excuse to dismiss the principles or even
all of the applications. It leaves for us the question of how to apply
these principles in the context of our culture. This does not seem to be
especially easy.
Gordon Brown (ASA member)
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