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Whenever the men lift up their hands to address God, I want their hands to be clean, not soiled with resentment or quarrel. In the same way, women need to present themselves reasonably - with dignity and self-discipline. Not with extravagant hairstyles, golden jewelry, expensive pearls, or decadent clothes, but in alignment with the values of a woman who claims to serve God: by setting a good example in how they live and behave. Let them learn, but they must be calm and composed students. I will not give my permission for a woman to seize control of teaching from a man. They must conduct themselves peacefully. Remember the story of Adam and Eve. Adam, who came first, was not deceived, but Eve, who came later, was tricked into doing wrong.

You believe this is the correct translation yet it doesn’t change the problem at all.

“women need to present themselves reasonably - with dignity and self-discipline. Not with extravagant hairstyles, golden jewelry, expensive pearls, or decadent clothes, but in alignment with the values of a woman who claims to serve God:”

Where is the admonishment that men should do the same?

remember what I said about Ephesus being the seat of the matriarchal Artemis cult.

" I will not give my permission for a woman to seize control of teaching from a man.

Even if the problem is that he is talking about the Cult of Artemis, it cannot be an admonishment that ONLY WOMEN do not have permission. There is no mention that men or women shouldn’t follow pagan religions. It is only an admonishment against women. As such there is no textual support that this was anti pagan rhetoric.

Again Paul says that he doesn’t support women to seize control of teaching. It therefore cannot be about the cult of Artemis.

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BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Where is the admonishment that men should do the same? Ephesus is not a patriarchal society. You are still assuming a culture and context that is equivalent to your own modern experience. Women are a privileged class in 200 CE, and had been for hundreds of years. Like all privileged classes in all of human history, they are the group that are most likely to try to seize authority for themselves. Parading ostentatious wealth in the form of fancy hair, jewelry, and expensive clothes was not a trait of Ephesian men, but Ephesian women.

Also “a woman” and “a man” does not mean “every woman” or “every man”, or even “any woman” or “any man.” It is a targeted reference to the specific issue that Timothy was dealing with in Ephesus… Artemis adherents trying to take control of the fledgling christian cult, even though they don’t know the first thing about them or their doctrine. The Koine offers a lot of clear meaning and intent that is very difficult to convey in either English or terms that are understandable to a modern person with no historical frame of reference.

What Paul is saying is “If women want to teach, they first need to learn. If they want to learn, they need to stop flaunting their wealth, stop behaving like entitled jerks, and start treating teachers with respect — who are men — instead of trying to usurp their positions. We aren’t doing this for clout, but to improve everyone’s lives. Those who haven’t learned the rules are going to make terrible mistakes.”

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- Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  
  Ephesus is not a patriarchal society
  
  Outside of priestesses, it was a patriarchal society. Greece had priestesses too. The existence of a priestess doesn’t make a patriarchal society.
  
  Prohibitions against dressing fancy for women and only women has nothing to do with combatting paganism. Men participated in the cult of Artemis yet Paul said nothing about restricting men. Paul does not mention paganism nor heresy.
  
  Paul did not make those proscription just for Timothy. He said “I”. Your version did not show any mistranslation.
  
  Corinthians also says woman should not speak in church in so it cannot be a special case only for Timothy.
  
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  - BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    
    Maybe changing the context will help you see the problem:
    
    You are doing the libertarian thing and completely and repeatedly ignoring context.
    
    then read your statement again and see the sexism that you defend.
    
    What on earth makes you think I am defending sexism? I am pointing out that sexists deliberately misinterpret this letter — exactly as you are doing — to subjugate women in the here and now, while that is in no way what this letter is about. If you read some of my other comments you will know that I am a militant atheist but I get really pissed when people intentionally misuse these documents as a weapon against others, including myself.
    
    Again “women” is NOT universal in this context. It is “ambitious, entitled, and wealthy Artimisian women of Ephesus”. It is very specific, not universal. I am not sure how to make this more clear since you continue to dismiss that objective fact in favor of a sexist, wildly fallacious modern xtian re-interpretation.
    
    Maybe we have our wires crossed. I am not trying to perform apologetics, but correcting the record for a historical document that academics understand very well, but is nevertheless a holy weapon for ambitious, immoral, political tyrants because people are stupid, ignorant, and uneducated all the things this letter is specifically admonishing against.
    
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    Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    
    You are doing the libertarian thing and completely and repeatedly ignoring context. Do you also try to argue “woke DEI is the real racism?”
    
    What the fuck are you talking about?
    
    You have made many wrong statements and I have been very patient with you.
    
    misinterpret this letter — exactly as you are doing — to subjugate women in the here and now,
    
    There is no context that excuses the passages.
    
    Using the Bible to subjugate women in the here and now isn’t the argument at all.
    
    We are talking about the Bible.
    
    correcting the record for a historical document that academics understand
    
    The problem is you haven’t corrected anything! You posted a translation that shows absolutely no difference in sexism from other translations. Your claim it was for only for Timothy is refuted by Corinthians. You claim that that the region of Turkey during the time period of Timothy was a Matriarchy is false. Paul’s writings are inexcusable.
    
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