Historian Looks at 1 Timothy 2:11-14 e-bog

In the controversy over the role of women in the church, complementarians/hierarchists routinely claim to be upholding the "e;traditional"e; position. Like the little boy who declared that "e;the emperor has no clothes,"e; J. G. Brown exposes the fallacies in this claim. The authentic traditional interpretation of passages such as 1 Timothy 2:11-14 differs substantially from contemporary readings, whether egalitarian or hierarchist. Most prominent Protestant exegetes--from Luther and Calvin through those in the early nineteenth century--understood creation ordinances (male headship/female subordination) as foundational to the temporal world, not the church. An Historian Looks at 1 Timothy 2:11-14 brings history and theology together in a fresh way, with startling implications for the ongoing debate.