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Mike Winger idea 2022-03-14

Mary Conway's argument that all plural imperative verbs in Genesis 1:28 include both man and woman with no restriction on any activity, including dominion.

Egalitarian argument from Genesis 1

Discovering Biblical Equality Gen 1:28 Mary Conway
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-14

Conclusion on primogeniture: early readers of Genesis would very likely have understood Adam as having higher authority due to being made first; Genesis 2 is the rule, not the exception.

Mike's tentative conclusion on creation order

Gen 2 primogeniture original audience
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-14

Mike's key rebuttal: the egalitarian 'curse reversal' argument depends entirely on Genesis 2 having NO authority differences -- but Genesis 2 clearly does, so the argument fails.

Why the egalitarian curse-reversal argument fails

Gen 3:16 Gen 2 curse reversal
Mike Winger idea 2022-04-13

Acts 6: the seven men as proto-deacons; deacons do everything that isn't eldership

Mike discusses the origin of the deacon role.

Acts 6 apostles Acts 6 deacon definition
Mike Winger idea 2022-05-09

Burer's 2015 paper brings 71 new supporting texts

Mike details the new evidence Burer marshals.

Romans 16:7 Romans 16:7 Michael Burer Burer 2015 paper
Mike Winger idea 2022-05-09

Burer responds to Bauckham's specific example critiques and addresses Chrysostom

Mike evaluates Burer's defense against Bauckham's objections.

John Chrysostom John Chrysostom Michael Burer Richard Bauckham
Mike Winger idea 2022-05-30

Mike spent 12 hours searching for Kenneth Bailey's source material and could not find it

N.T. Wright's citation of Kenneth Bailey has no footnotes or bibliography. Mike tried to find Bailey's original argument in his books, papers, and Google Scholar.

N.T. Wright Kenneth Bailey scholarly sourcing
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Egalitarian leverage of the Genesis allusion: new creation obliterates creation-order role differences

Mike explains how some egalitarians use the Genesis 1:27 allusion to argue for abolition of gender roles.

Genesis 1:27 creation order Genesis 1:27 Stendahl
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

The original context: judaizers challenging sonship status of Gentiles, slaves, and women

Mike grounds the passage in its original historical situation.

judaizers sonship status inheritance rights
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

Feminist/liberation theology reading of Scripture as anachronistic eisegesis

Mike labels the broader methodological issue.

anachronism feminist reading of Scripture liberation theology
Mike Winger idea 2022-06-20

The culture would not have read 'no male and female' as abolishing role distinctions

Mike draws the conclusion from the Jewish parallels.

Galatians 3:28 Galatians 3:28 cultural context original audience understanding
Mike Winger idea 2022-07-18

Stephen Bedale's 1954 article: the origin of the 'head means source' argument

Mike traces the medical argument back to its scholarly origin.

kephale medical argument Stephen Bedale
Mike Winger idea 2022-07-18

Kroeger's selective Chrysostom quote: she omits sentences before, after, and within the passage

Mike examines how Kroeger presents Chrysostom's words.

John Chrysostom John Chrysostom Kathleen Kroeger Wayne Grudem
Mike Winger idea 2022-07-18

Full Chrysostom quote: 'thou art the head of the woman... let the head regulate the rest of the body' — Chrysostom strongly supports headship as authority

Mike reads the full Chrysostom passage that Kroeger selectively quoted.

John Chrysostom John Chrysostom head commands the body steersman metaphor
Mike Winger idea 2022-07-18

Peter Glare, editor of the LSJ, writes to Grudem agreeing with his conclusions — 'the supposed sense source of course does not exist'

Mike presents the dramatic climax of the lexical argument — the LSJ's own editor sides with Grudem.

kephale Wayne Grudem LSJ (Liddell-Scott-Jones)
Mike Winger idea 2022-08-15

How Paul is NOT different from his culture: submit meant authority imbalance to everyone

Mike identifies where Paul aligns with cultural understanding.

original audience understanding hypotasso hermeneutical principle
Mike Winger idea 2022-03-28

Recap: Mike rejects the 'helper' argument and the 'serpent subverted leadership pattern' argument, but affirms the cumulative force of Genesis 2 indicators.

Detailed summary of video 2 conclusions

Genesis 2 hermeneutics cumulative case original audience
Mike Winger idea 2022-11-11

Paul's second argument: creation order supports head covering (verses 7-10)

Mike identifies the creation-based argument for head coverings.

Genesis 2 1 Corinthians 11:7-10 creation order primogeniture Genesis 2
Mike Winger idea 2022-11-11

Two principles in verses 8-9: who came from who (order) and who was made for who (purpose)

Mike distinguishes two separate arguments Paul derives from Genesis 2.

1 Corinthians 11:8-9 Genesis 2:18 creation order ezer 1 Corinthians 11:8-9
Mike Winger idea 2022-11-11

Verses 11-12: mutual dependence balances headship -- not refutation but nuance

Mike explains the 'however' of verses 11-12 in the traditional view.

Ephesians 5 1 Peter 3 1 Corinthians 11:11-12 Ephesians 5 1 Peter 3 1 Corinthians 11:11-12
Mike Winger idea 2022-11-11

Keener translates verse 9 as 'through' instead of 'for the sake of,' absorbing it into verse 8

Mike identifies Keener's handling of the problematic verse 9.

1 Corinthians 11:9 Craig Keener translation comparison 1 Corinthians 11:9
Mike Winger idea 2022-11-11

Plutarch's error about older customs doesn't invalidate his knowledge of his own time

Mike addresses Plutarch's misunderstanding about pre-150 BC customs.

Plutarch Elaine Fantham Valerius Maximus
Mike Winger idea 2022-11-11

Question 7: What is Paul's point about creation order and purpose in verses 8-9?

Mike addresses the most decisive question for the complementarian/egalitarian debate.

Genesis 2 1 Corinthians 11:8-9 creation order Genesis 2 1 Corinthians 11:8-9
Mike Winger idea 2022-11-11

Paul uses physis nine times consistently: never means 'custom'

Mike examines all of Paul's uses of physis.

Romans 1:26-27 Galatians 4:8 Romans 2:14 Tom Schreiner physis Romans 1:26-27
Mike Winger idea 2022-11-11

Early textual variant substitutes 'covering' (kalumma) for 'authority' (exousia) in verse 10

Mike provides additional evidence from manuscript tradition.

1 Corinthians 11:10 1 Corinthians 11:10 exousia kalumma
Mike Winger idea 2022-12-04

Introduction of View 1: The Interpolation View

Mike introduces the first of five views, which argues these verses do not belong in the Bible at all.

1 Corinthians 14:34-35 textual criticism 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 interpolation theory
Mike Winger idea 2022-12-04

Outline of the teaching: hinge points for each view

Mike explains his format for analyzing each view through key 'hinge points' that each view depends upon.

textual criticism hinge points methodology
Mike Winger idea 2022-12-04

The relocation of verses to after verse 40 in some manuscripts

Mike explains that while no manuscripts omit the verses, some relocate them after verse 40.

1 Corinthians 14:40 textual criticism 1 Corinthians 14:40 manuscript relocation
Mike Winger idea 2022-12-04

The displacement manuscripts likely derive from a single source

Mike explains that the handful of manuscripts with relocated verses may trace back to one scribal change.

textual criticism Gordon Fee A.C. Wire
Mike Winger idea 2022-12-04

Manuscript 88 is a 12th-century copy and carries little weight

Mike addresses the outlier manuscript 88 which does not fit the same connected manuscript tradition.

textual criticism manuscript 88 A.C. Wire
Mike Winger idea 2022-12-04

Textual criticism principle: the reading that explains the other readings is likely original

Mike applies a standard textual criticism principle to the manuscript evidence.

lectio difficilior textual criticism principles
Mike Winger idea 2022-12-04

View 2 analysis: The Quotation-Refutation View and Beth Allison Barr's promotion of it

Mike begins analyzing the quotation-refutation view, noting Beth Allison Barr as a key proponent.

Beth Allison Barr The Making of Biblical Womanhood quotation-refutation view
Mike Winger idea 2022-12-04

The disjunctive particle 'e' reinforces rather than refutes what precedes it, shown from Romans 3:28-29

Mike demonstrates how the Greek particle functions using Romans 3:28-29 as an example.

Romans 3:28-29 e/eta (disjunctive particle) Romans 3:28-29 rhetorical reinforcement
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Analogy to overturned German scholarship on the Gospels and Greek myths

Mike argues that entire schools of scholarly thought can be wrong and get overturned.

German scholarship Gospel origins anti-Semitism in scholarship
Mike Winger idea 2024-03-01

Adam bears primary responsibility for sin — 1 Corinthians 15:22 and Romans 5:14-19

Mike argues Adam's greater representational role and accountability shows his greater authority.

Genesis 2 1 Corinthians 15:22 Romans 5:14-19 ezer Genesis 2 1 Corinthians 15:22
Mike Winger idea 2023-11-22

Critique of the Kroegers' 'I Suffer Not a Woman'

Mike provides detailed scholarly critique of the Kroegers' influential but problematic book.

authenteo Philip Payne Richard Kroeger
Mike Winger idea 2023-11-22

Cognate analysis: authentes, authentikos, authentia, authentein

Mike examines words related to authenteo to establish the semantic range of the word family.

authentein semantic range Al Wolters
Mike Winger idea 2023-11-22

Egalitarian scholars' classifications of authenteo meanings

Mike examines how egalitarian scholars categorize the various proposed meanings.

authenteo Linda Belleville Cynthia Long Westfall
Mike Winger idea 2018-02-14

How Bill Johnson started the prophetic in Weaverville: asking people around a table 'what do you think Jesus would say?' then declaring they had just prophesied

Mike plays a direct video clip of Johnson explaining his methodology for launching the prophetic ministry

Bill Johnson spiritual gifts prophecy
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-31

Introduction to the Book of Abraham as the key test case for Mormonism

Setting up the argument

Joseph Smith Book of Abraham Pearl of Great Price
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-31

The original papyri were thought lost in the Great Chicago Fire; facsimile copies in Smith's own hand survive

The preservation history of the papyri evidence

Joseph Smith Pearl of Great Price Egyptology
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-31

Early Egyptologist critics were dismissed because the original papyri could not be examined

How the LDS Church handled early scholarly criticism

Joseph Smith LDS Church Egyptology
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-31

The original papyri were discovered in 1966–1967 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and given to BYU

The rediscovery of the Joseph Smith Papyri

LDS Church papyrus Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-31

Unlike the Book of Mormon (golden plates taken away), the Book of Abraham papyri CAN be tested — this is unique

The Book of Abraham as a uniquely testable LDS truth claim

translation comparison Joseph Smith testability of religious claims
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-31

The Joseph Smith Papers project published the Egyptian Grammar and Alphabet documents, exposing them to scholarly scrutiny

Recent LDS document releases and their apologetic implications

Joseph Smith LDS Church Book of Abraham
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-31

LDS apologist argument #1: the 'Short Scroll Theory' — the recovered fragments are only part of a longer scroll

Review of LDS apologetic responses to the papyri problem

Book of Abraham Great Chicago Fire Metropolitan Museum of Art
Mike Winger idea 2018-02-21

Historical timeline: The blood transfusion ban originated in Watchtower publications in 1945 and escalated to a disfellowshipping offense in 1961.

Mike traces the doctrinal history of the JW blood transfusion policy to show it is a human invention, not an ancient or consistent teaching.

Jehovah's Witnesses Watchtower blood transfusion ban history
Mike Winger idea 2018-02-21

The allowance of fractions proves the Governing Body is a man-led organization doing damage control rather than applying consistent biblical interpretation.

Mike argues the logic of permitting fractions while banning their source components exposes the arbitrary, human origin of the policy.

Governing Body blood fractions doctrinal hypocrisy
Mike Winger idea 2018-04-18

Reason 3: We allow people to break interpretive rules when handling prophecy — eisegesis masquerading as exegesis

Third reason people fall for false predictions.

eisegesis hermeneutics prophecy interpretation
Mike Winger idea 2018-01-24

Mormon definition of the gospel: a complex set of new teachings restored by Joseph Smith that must be learned and performed — not 'good news' but a difficult path.

The Mormon gospel adds a body of doctrine and performance requirements that make it not 'good news' in any conventional sense.

Pharisaism Joseph Smith works-based salvation
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