Text in a Whirlwind

by J.M. Holmes

Holmes examines four exegetical devices employed by all sides in the debate on 1 Tim. 2.9-15, proposing that together they create a 'whirlwind' effect which obscures the text's meaning. She concludes that (1) the immediate context is general, not ecclesial; (2) background often reconstructed from passages elsewhere in the Pastorals is misleading; (3) comparison with 1 Cor. 14.34-35 can similarly mislead; and (4) the conjunction gar ('for') has...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1841271217
• ISBN13: 9781841271217
• Release Date: May 2000
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"