by Andrew Chapman
In my last post ‘Philip Payne, οὐδέ, and Galatians 1 vv 16-17’ I gave one example of how Philip Payne supports his thesis that Paul ‘typically uses οὐδέ to convey a single idea’. His purpose appears to be to prove that: διδάσκειν δὲ γυναικὶ οὐκ ἐπιτρέπω, οὐδὲ αὐθεντεῖν ἀνδρός.. [1 Timothy 2 v 12a] does…
by Andrew Chapman
In a paper presented to the Evangelical Theological Society in 1986, and entitled ‘οὐδέ in 1 Timothy 2:12’, Philip Payne argued for a novel understanding of the meaning and force of οὐδέ in that text of scripture. A revised version of the paper was published in the Journal of New Testament Studies in 2008. As…
by Andrew Chapman
‘I do not permit a woman to teach, nor to exercise authority over a man, but to be in quietness,’ the scripture says (1 Timothy 2:12), but now many are pretending that Paul was prohibiting only a certain type of teaching by women. Thus, in his Grove Booklet, ‘Women and Authority: The key biblical texts,’…