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How do we read (interpret) the Bible? Gen 1 – “Male and female he created them.” Gen 2 – Eve comes from Adam’s side. Gen 3 - To Eve – “He will rule over you.” Women in The OT – Deborah and Huldah. Women in the Ministry of Jesus (Luke / Acts)
Complementarians – Gen 2 • Primogeniture is important. Adam was created first. See I Cor 11:3, I Tim 2:11-13. Man is “head”, just as “elder brothers” were “first among equals.” • Woman is helper for whom? The Man. • Man names the animals, also names the woman. • A man is called to lead, a woman is called to help. • Paradox – Woman from the man (equality), for the man (inequality). • In the partnership of two spiritually equal human beings, man and woman, the man bears the primary responsibility to lead the partnership in a Godglorifying direction.
Critique: Comp ->Egal • 1. Assumes that all subordination is bad. – Subordination doesn’t mean denigration. – Not true for Jesus in relationship to the Father. – Children are subordinate to parents, does not make them have less worth, or less of God’s image. – Members submit to their elders.
• 2. Assumes equality means indistinguishability. – We are not unisex – “male and female he created them.”
• 3. Equality is a modern invention, not a Biblical one. Why equality in terms of roles?
Complementarian View • Biblical support in Gen 2, I Tim 2, I Cor 14, Eph. 5, and I Tim 3. • Seems natural for men to be the primary leaders – men are stronger, by nature leaders. • Men are primary leaders throughout the Bible. Is this a Scriptural mandate or culture of the Bible? • Conditioning and reinforcement in the home make this view seem right. This is what my parents and grandparents modeled. • There is a range of Complementarian views, almost everyone works out the roles differently.
Key Discussion Question • Background – Given the culture of the Ancient Near East, the literary style, and content of Gen 1-3. • Is the curse of Gen 3:16 (“he will rule over you”) the beginning of “headship” or was it the distortion of that relationship?
Key Discussion Question – What have you been learning (“seeing) about gender and male / female relationships thus far into the class? – Surprises? Discoveries? Challenges? Disappointments?
How do we read (interpret) the Bible? Gen 1 – “Male and female he created them.” Gen 2 – Eve comes from Adam’s side. Gen 3 - To Eve – “He will rule over you.” Women in The OT – Deborah and Huldah. Women in the Ministry of Jesus (Luke / Acts)
Complementarians – Gen 2 • Primogeniture is important. Adam was created first. See I Cor 11:3, I Tim 2:11-13. Man is “head”, just as “elder brothers” were “first among equals.” • Woman is helper for whom? The Man. • Man names the animals, also names the woman. • A man is called to lead, a woman is called to help. • Paradox – Woman from the man (equality), for the man (inequality). • In the partnership of two spiritually equal human beings, man and woman, the man bears the primary responsibility to lead the partnership in a Godglorifying direction.
Critique: Comp ->Egal • 1. Assumes that all subordination is bad. – Subordination doesn’t mean denigration. – Not true for Jesus in relationship to the Father. – Children are subordinate to parents, does not make them have less worth, or less of God’s image. – Members submit to their elders.
• 2. Assumes equality means indistinguishability. – We are not unisex – “male and female he created them.”
• 3. Equality is a modern invention, not a Biblical one. Why equality in terms of roles?
Complementarian View • Biblical support in Gen 2, I Tim 2, I Cor 14, Eph. 5, and I Tim 3. • Seems natural for men to be the primary leaders – men are stronger, by nature leaders. • Men are primary leaders throughout the Bible. Is this a Scriptural mandate or culture of the Bible? • Conditioning and reinforcement in the home make this view seem right. This is what my parents and grandparents modeled. • There is a range of Complementarian views, almost everyone works out the roles differently.
Key Discussion Question • Background – Given the culture of the Ancient Near East, the literary style, and content of Gen 1-3. • Is the curse of Gen 3:16 (“he will rule over you”) the beginning of “headship” or was it the distortion of that relationship?
Key Discussion Question – What have you been learning (“seeing) about gender and male / female relationships thus far into the class? – Surprises? Discoveries? Challenges? Disappointments?
