Saved by childbirth struggling ideologies, the female body and a placing of 1 Tim 2
The much discussed phrase in 1 Tim 2:15a : "woman, however, will be saved by childbirth", is in the focus of this article. It is argued that against the backdrop of ancient (Hippocratic) medical teachings concerning female diseases and gnostic writings related to myths of the 'womb�...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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Neotestamentica
Year: 2010, Volume: 44, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-46 |
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| Summary: | The much discussed phrase in 1 Tim 2:15a : "woman, however, will be saved by childbirth", is in the focus of this article. It is argued that against the backdrop of ancient (Hippocratic) medical teachings concerning female diseases and gnostic writings related to myths of the 'womb', a framework can be constructed within which this phrase becomes a meaningful statement without altering the usual denotations of the terms that have been used. It can be demonstrated that the literal meaning of the soteriological term σῴζω is appropriated, but with a sarcastic undertone. The passage, 1 Tim 2:15a, is concerned with the image of the female body in antiquity, and therefore echoes facets of the power struggle between opposing ideologies and gender in the second and third generation Church. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/EJC83372 |