I suffer not a woman : rethinking 1 Timothy 2:11-15 in light of ancient evidence / Richard Clark Kroeger and Catherine Clark Kroeger.

Author: Kroeger, Richard Clark.

Imprint:Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Book House, c1992.

Description253 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Note:pt. 1: 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 -- pt. 2: 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 -- pt. 3: 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).

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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