David Gibson provides a positive review of Women in the Church: An Analysis and Application of 1 Timothy 2:9-15 by Andreas J. Köstenberger and Thomas R. Schreiner (eds.) (Baker Books: 2nd Edition, 2005) on the Beginning With Moses blog. I will be adding this title to my wish list shortly.
Meanwhile, over on Blog and Mablog, Doug Wilson has given a fascinating analysis of NT Wright's egalitarian argument. It seems, from his description, that Wright has imbibed much of Katherine Kroeger's arguments that kephale means "source" rather than "head" (see Wayne Grudem's refutation here) and that the priesthood at the temple of Artemis in Ephesus was female (see S.M. Baugh, "A Foreign World: Ephesus in the First Century," Andreas J. Köstenberger, Thomas R. Schreiner & H. Scott Baldwin, eds. Women in the Church: A Fresh Analysis of 1 Timothy 2:9-15. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1995. Pbk. ISBN: 0801020204. pp.13-52. and "Cult Prostitution In New Testament Ephesus: A Reappraisal," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 42.3 (1999): 443-460.) On many points Wright's exegetical honesty appears to defeat his purpose. I too can see which way the wind is blowing and am glad to share the windbreak with Doug.
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