RT Article
T1 Neither Gold nor Braided Hair (1 Timothy 2.9; 1 Peter 3.3): Adornment, Gender and Honour in Antiquity
JF New Testament studies
VO 55
IS 4
SP 484
OP 501
A1 Batten, Alicia J.
LA English
PB Cambridge Univ. Press
YR 2009
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785739565
AB This article examines the relationships between adornment, gender and honour in the Graeco-Roman world in order to provide a broad context for understanding the attempts to curtail women's adornment in 1 Tim 2.9 and 1 Pet 3.3. It argues that while many male writers criticize women who adorn themselves, often accusing such women of luxuria, not all women shared such a perspective. Rather, women may well have valued jewellery, fine clothes and elaborate hair as means of conveying status and honour, and as important forms of economic power. These factors require consideration when attempting to understand why the authors of 1 Timothy and 1 Peter counsel women to avoid gold, pearls, braided hair and fine clothing.
K1 1 Peter
K1 1 Timothy
K1 Gender
K1 Shame
K1 Honour
K1 adornment
DO 10.1017/S0028688509990075