Craig

It seems like 1 Cor 11 is a good passage to illustrate how Adam and Eve can be used to discuss a specific situational subject (head covering). So it leaves the door open to believe that Paul could be using Adam and Eve in 1 Tim 2 for a specific situation occurring in Ephesus. Thanks Kristen for mentioning this and also Elaine (back @41).
2 Cor 11:3 is also a helpful reference. Thanks.
About a month ago, one of the staff at church, when I asked him what sort of situation did he envisage taking place at Ephesus that might have moved Paul to write 1 Tim 2:11-15, he replied that there needn’t have been any situation at all. He thought Paul could have just been sprouting forth general universal principles for all churches for all time.
Thanks everyone for all your comments.