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Craig

Craig

2011-06-08

As I see it, we argue from v13,14 that Paul is saying
1 Eve was deceived
2 The Ephesian woman is deceived
3 The Ephesian woman is just like Eve
4 (The Ephesian man is like Adam in not doing anything to help- but that is another subject)

Cheryl’s 2006 view has the advantage that it mentions number 1, Eve’s deception, but has the disadvantage that it doesn’t say numbers 2 and 3, that the Ephesian woman is deceived, just like Eve. We have to assume these, but they are consistent with the rest of the passage.
Cheryl’s 2011 view has the advantage that it mentions number 2, the Ephesian woman’s deception but has the disadvantage that it doesn’t say numbers 1 and 3, that Eve was deceived and the Ephesian woman is just like Eve. We have to assume these, but they are consistent with the rest of the passage.
It seems that every view (whether comp or egal) that I have looked into has to make some assumptions and fill in some missing details. It seems a matter of prayerfully determining which view handles the available data in the best way, while still leaving some assumptions that are reasonable to accept as plausible. At this stage, no comp view comes close, but there are several egal views which still seem possibilities to me.
It would be very nice (just to make life easier for me of course 🙂 ) if Paul had clearly said
“but the woman, like Eve….” instead of just “but the woman….”. Then we would have numbers 1,2,3 all clearly stated! Oh well……..

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