Belleville stretches by claiming women are 'readily labeled deacons' -- pluralizing a single case
Mike critiques Belleville's overstatement about Phoebe.
Belleville claims 'women are readily labeled deacons in the New Testament' and that 'Phoebe for example is applauded by Paul as a deacon.' Mike identifies the same pattern as with Keener on Priscilla: pluralizing a singular event. Phoebe is one deacon, but Belleville's language implies it was a regular, widespread pattern. Mike will examine her footnoted sources.
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