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Keener's only example of defensive household codes: Josephus' Against Apion

Have We Misunderstood "Wives Submit"? Women in Ministry part 9 01:41:52 – 01:43:23

Mike examines the sole concrete example Keener offers.

Keener cites Josephus' 'Against Apion' (Book 2, paragraph 201) as an example of someone writing a household code to defend their religion. Josephus was a Jewish-Roman historian who laid out Jewish household codes in defense of Judaism. This is the only strong example Keener provides of this phenomenon.

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