Critique of the Kroegers' 'I Suffer Not a Woman'

The Kroegers argue that authenteo meant 'to proclaim oneself the origin/author of' and that Paul was combating a Gnostic-influenced Artemis myth where Eve created Adam. Mike reports that this book has been widely criticized: (1) Al Wolters and others have shown the Kroegers mishandled Greek evidence; (2) S.M. Baugh demonstrated their claims about Ephesian society were historically inaccurate; (3) Even egalitarian scholars like Philip Payne have distanced themselves from the Kroegers' specific claims about authenteo; (4) The supposed Gnostic creation myths they cite are from 2nd-3rd century texts, not from 1st century Ephesus; (5) There is no evidence any such myth existed in Ephesus during Timothy's time.