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Paul, Women, and Wives by Craig S. Keener

Paul, Women, and Wives

Marriage and Women's Ministry in the Letters of Paul

Craig S. Keener

Baker Publishing Group · Print & ebook · June 1, 1992

Paul's letters stand at the center of the dispute over women, the church, and the home, with each side championing passages from the Apostle.

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Who it’s for
Keener reads Paul's words about women in the home and ministry against their historical setting.
Genres
NT Commentary: Paul's Letters, Religion & Gender, New Testament Interpretation
Published
Baker Publishing Group, June 1, 1992

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About this book

Paul's letters stand at the center of the dispute over women, the church, and the home, with each side championing passages from the Apostle. Now, in a challenging new attempt to wrestle with these thorny texts, Craig Keener delves as deeply into the world of Paul and the apostles as anyone thus far.

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Acknowledging that we must take the biblical text seriously, and recognizing that Paul's letters arose in a specific time and place for a specific purpose, Keener mines the historical, lexical, cultural, and exegetical details behind Paul's words about women in the home and ministry to give us one of the most insightful expositions of the key Pauline passages in years. Read more

Reading Paul Closely

Keener reads Paul's words about women in the home and ministry against their historical setting.

Come here for

  • Close attention to contested passages in Paul's letters
  • Historical, lexical, cultural, and exegetical context

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  • A serious engagement with thorny questions about women, church, and home
  • Context for reading key Pauline passages

Where it sits

NT Commentary: Paul's Letters51%
Religion & Gender49%
New Testament Interpretation20%

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Publisher categories

  • Paul's Letters
Authors
Craig S. Keener
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Published
June 1, 1992
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Paul's Letters