Rusty Bullerman

She brings out some very interesting points in the previous context and I like her approach. However, item 14 about gune and aner is contradicted by one of the hot passages in this debate, 1 Corinthians 11:3. In the NASB, it is translated man and woman.

In the careful handlings of this 1 Tim passage, most commentators point out that gune can be either wife or woman. They rule out the wife option since the address of this entire passage seems to be on a gender basis and not a relational basis. Ben Witherington has just published a new commentary on the Pastorals and does a very fine job in explaining the text and showing that the most plausible answer points to a temporary ban on teaching until a time of instruction has passed.

I also think she is straining the singular a bit, but maybe not since both sides give extensive discussion to the singular in verse 15.

All in all, it is a fresh take and even in the areas of disagreement with her, I have received insight and new perspectives on this troublesome passage that helps my understand the text and argument more clearly.

Rusty Bullerman