On Tue, 2001-11-06 at 08:27, Dr. Theodore H. Mann wrote: > > > >It seems to me the context of 1 Cor:14:34,35 may in fact rule out women in > >vs. 26-33. It reads to me as though Paul is contrasting the roles of men > >and women in the church. That is, when the church assembles, the men bring > >psalms, teachings, etc., the (male) prophets speak, etc., but women, by > >contrast (v.34), are to remain silent. Verse 37 then returns to the role of > >men. > > FWIW: In everyone's mix of explanations which must be offered in order to fit this whole text together and thus form a cohesive argument, one must explain the strong flip in emotion from 14:35 to 36. To me, vs 36 reads like a strong reaction against a statement made by the Corinthians. If I assume Paul is saying, "in your meetings, men should do this, women should do that," I'm left with the feeling that 36 comes out of nowhere. To get the effect read 26-35 in a calm voice out loud and then, with an angry voice, read 36-38. Notice how it just doesn't flow. And also note that the emotion really is there (at least I think it is) in the text itself. To that end, I currently take 33b-35 as a quote from the letter from Corinth to Paul. Paul reacts to that statement in 36-38. And this is consistent with taking the masculines in 26-33a as generic as Carlton Winbery suggests. There's many issues here. I am only seeking to help people make an informed evaluation though my information may be wrong. YMMV (Your Mileage May Vary). -- Mike Sangrey msangrey@BlueFeltHat.org Landisburg, Pa. "The first one last wins." "A net of highly cohesive details reveals the truth." --- B-Greek home page: http://metalab.unc.edu/bgreek You are currently subscribed to b-greek as: [jwrobie@mindspring.com] To unsubscribe, forward this message to leave-b-greek-327Q@franklin.oit.unc.edu To subscribe, send a message to subscribe-b-greek@franklin.oit.unc.edu