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Title: Paul, Women, and Wives: Marriage and Women's Ministry in the Letters of Paul by Craig S. Keener ISBN: 0-943575-96-6 Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers, Inc. Pub. Date: 01 November, 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (4 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Simply the best book on Paul and Women
Comment: Craig Keener is a remarkable scholar/writer. Conservative in methodology, nonetheless he explodes the idea that the view of women birthed in 1950s America is somehow rooted in the bible. Going to the root of the issue, Keener's historical reading places Paul's controversial texts about women in a world far different from ours. From that vantage point, the direction they point towards is greater inclusivity, greater mutuality, not the guarding of privilege and certainly not preserving the idea of Male as closer to God or Christ-likeness.

You cannot read this book seriously and attentively without at the very least rethinking your point of view.

Rating: 5
Summary: Worth reading
Comment: This book is probably the best evangelical treatment of all of the biblical passages that relate to this issue. Keener looks at issues involving the original language and the cultural setting without making the book inaccessable to average readers. If this is a new issue for you the book may not answer all of your questions, but it is a great starting place

Rating: 1
Summary: Make sure you read the other side
Comment: Proverbs 18:17 says, "The first to present his case seems right, till another comes forward and questions him." Surely American Christians indoctrinated by secular philosophy are predisposed to accept the ideas in this book. But is Keener right? The idea of "mutual submission," for example, is nothing more than a exegetical myth.

I suggest that one who reads this book afterward also reads the following:

"Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism"
edited by John Piper and Wayne Grudem

"Women and the Word of God: A Response to Biblical Feminism"
by Susan T. Foh

"The Excellent Wife: A Biblical Perspective"
by Martha Peace

"Me? Obey Him?: The Obedient Wife and God's Way of Happiness and Blessing in the Home"
by Elizabeth Rice Handford

"The Surrendered Wife : A Practical Guide to Finding Intimacy, Passion, and Peace with Your Man"
by Laura Doyle

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