The author of 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, and Titus argues in favor of a
"traditional" Greco-Roman gender ideology: that because men and
women are biologically different, they ought to behave differently
in the family and society. His gender-specific beliefs carry over
into his teachings for the house churches, where only free married
men are eligible to serve as leaders, teachers, and preachers,
while women are expected to take up the subordinate female domestic
roles of wife, mother, and household manager. This volume
encourages a deeper engagement with the difficult issues-gender,
race, and power-raised by these letters. By studying the Pastoral
Letters with our minds sharpened and our hearts turned toward a
generous freedom, we can struggle most productively with the
influences of their teachings, past and present, and we can create
a future church and a future world that are more just, truly
inclusive, and indelibly marked by God's grace. From the Wisdom
Commentary series Feminist biblical interpretation has reached a
level of maturity that now makes possible a commentary series on
every book of the Bible. It is our hope that Wisdom Commentary, by
making the best of current feminist biblical scholarship available
in an accessible format to ministers, preachers, teachers,
scholars, and students, will aid all readers in their advancement
toward God's vision of dignity, equality, and justice for all. The
aim of this commentary is to provide feminist interpretation of
Scripture in serious, scholarly engagement with the whole text, not
only those texts that explicitly mention women. A central concern
is the world in front of the text, that is, how the text is heard
and appropriated by women. At the same time, this commentary aims
to be faithful to the ancient text, to explicate the world behind
the text, where appropriate, and not impose contemporary questions
onto the ancient texts. The commentary addresses not only issues of
gender (which are primary in this project) but also those of power,
authority, ethnicity, racism, and classism, which all intersect.
Each volume incorporates diverse voices and differing
interpretations from different parts of the world, showing the
importance of social location in the process of interpretation and
that there is no single definitive feminist interpretation of a
text.
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