Marg Mowczko

Hi Cheryl,

As you know I am not convinved that “the woman” is an anaphoric reference, but I’ve just come across the idea that 1 Timothy 2:11-15 may have been written as a chiasm, with Eve as the climax. (A.C. Perriman,Tyndale Bulletin 44.1, 1993, p129-142.)

If these verses do form a chiasm then “the woman” is an anaphoric reference. (Chiasm is a common literary device in the scriptures.)

A 11 Let a woman in quietness learn in all submission. . .
B 13 For Adam was formed first,
C then Eve,
B’ 14 and Adam was not deceived.
A’ But the woman, having been deceived, has come into
transgression.

Interesting!