Browse / Mike Winger / Idea

Keener's two-pillar case: mutual submission and cultural bowing

Have We Misunderstood "Wives Submit"? Women in Ministry part 9 01:33:12 – 01:34:43

Mike summarizes the foundation of Keener's interpretation of Ephesians 5.

Keener's case rests on two claims: (1) Mutual submission -- Paul really requires everyone to submit to everyone, resulting in no power imbalance. (2) Cultural bowing -- whatever looks like unequal submission was only for specific cultural circumstances. A variant of cultural bowing: Paul wrote it to make Romans think he supported wifely submission, while Christians would understand it meant mutual submission.

Your Tags

Personal labels you apply to any item — separate from system topics. Tags are shared across all databases. Visit /tags to browse all your tags.

...more

Ask Claude about this