Cheryl Schatz

pinklight,
That is exactly what the Pharisees who followed the Jewish oral law thought. Women’s voices were filthy (they were responsible for the men’s lust) so mucky muck is about right.

It is of course interesting that Paul never expressed this attitude himself throughout all of his writings. He valued women (and their work thus their voices too!) and he commended women. 1 Cor. 14:34, 35 is so much in contrast with Paul’s views on women and verse 36 is so opposite of verses 34 & 35 that we either dump all of these verses as not being scripture (and I do not recommend that!) or else we understand Paul’s angst with the Judaizers who were pushing the Corinthians to separate the church into the vocally-elite and the vocally-filthy. How we don’t get that and put the verses into the complete context of the Spirit’s freedom throughout chapter 14, is beyond me.