Insight Into Two Biblical Passages: Anatomy of a Prohibition I Timothy 2:12, the Tlg Computer, and the Christian Church

By Leland Wilshire

This work comprises new insights into two Biblical passages. The first study, titled 'The Anatomy of a Prohibition, ' uses the TLG computer database to offer a new interpretation of I Timothy 2:12. The author provides insight that the TLG computer, with its data selections from 200 BC/BCE to 200 AD/CE, supports the interpretation of one of the key words 'authentein' as 'committing violent action, ' not 'having authority.' It then explores the effect of this interpretation on exegesis, gender pronouncements, hermeneutics, tradition, theology, and relevance. As a supplement, it offers a history of traditional translations, mistranslations, and interpretations. The second insight study discusses seeing the 'suffering servant' of Isaiah 40-55 as the city of Jerusalem. This 'Servant City' study is based upon a comparison with the material outside the songs and with other ANE city descriptions that are also in the first millennium.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761852077
• ISBN13: 9780761852070
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"