PAUL'S USE OF GENESIS IN 1 CORINTHIANS 11:16, EPHESIANS 5:21-33, AND 1 TIMOTHY 2:ll-15.

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PAUL'S USE OF GENESIS IN 1 CORINTHIANS 11:16,
EPHESIANS 5:21-33, AND 1 TIMOTHY 2:ll-15.
by
Mark G. Doerksen
A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of
PROVIDENCE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
in Partial Fulfilment of the
Requirernents for the Degree
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Faculty Advisor: David H- Johnson
Second Reader: Aumçt H. Konkel
Serninary Dean: David LSmith
To Mary
TABLE OF CONTENTS
DEDICATION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii
ABBREVIATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . viii
Chapter
1. INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The Purpose
The Scope
The Me thod
2. PAUL'S USE OF GENESIS IN 1 CORINTHIANS 11:Z-16 . . . . . . . 11
Introduction
Tracing the Argument
1 Corinthians 11:2-16 and the Question of Text
Paul's Method of Interpretation
Paul's Purpose in Using Genesis
Summary
3. PAUL'S USE OFGENESIS IN EPHESIANS 5:21-33 . . . . . . . . . 30
Introduction
Tracing the Argument
Ephesians 5:Zl-33 and the Question of Text
Paul's Method of Interpretation
Paul's Purpose in Using Genesis
Summary
4. PAüL'SUSE OF GE?ESIS IN 1 TIMOTHY 2:ll-15 . . . . . . . . 57
Introduction
Tracing the Argument
1 Timothy 2:ll-15 and the Question of Text
Paul's Method of Interpretation
Paul's Purpose in Using Genesis
Summary
5. CONCLUSIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
1 would like to thank al1 those who have played a part in helping
me get my thesis done. 1 am grateful to Providence Theological Seminary
for giving me the opportunity to write in an atmosphere where
encouragement is more the norm than intimidation. Thank you to al1 the
librarians I came in contact with, for al1 of your help. Thank you to
Dr. David Johnson, who put up with many revisions, did much reading,
consistently reminded me that he was not the one writing the thesis, and
gave much constructive criticism. Thank you to Dr. August Konkel, who
was my second reader. Thank you to my family, who supported me in
various kind ways. Thanks be to God, who gave me health, patience and
insight, and allowed me to learn more about His Uord- And last but not
least, thank you Mary for giving me as much support as you possibly
could. Your belief in me and your love for me have not gone unnoticed.
You have given of yourself unselfishly during this tirne, and 1 am
forever grateful for the sacrifices you have made.
vii
ABBREV I AT IONS
The abbreviations in this thesis can be found in the Journal of
Biblical Literature, under Instructions for Contributors, 1988.
viii
The Purpose
The question of hou the New Testament relates to the Old Testament
has been studied for a long time. It has been discussed on a very
general level, such as discerning whether or not one should be a
covenant or a dispensationalist theologian. At a more specific level,
there have been investigations into hou a particular New Testament
writer used the Old Testament. The instigator of the current scholarly
attention to hou New Testament writers used the Old Testament was Rende1
Harris, who suggested that there was a group of Old Testament prooftexts
that had been gathered into testirnonies as an anti-Jewish apologetic and
reference, and that the earliest of the New Testament books must be
interpreted in the light of such a document. 1 Appealing as that may be,
there have been some who have disagreed with Harris. C. H. Dodd liked
the work of Harris, but felt that his evidence pointed in a different
direction. He believed that the majority of Old Testament materials
that were used as 'prooftexts' were based on an oral tradition. When a
New Testament writer used an Old Testament portion, the reader needed to
understand the entire context of the passage that was being referred to.
1R ende1 Harris, Testimonies, Part 1 (Cambridge: Cambridge
University Press, 1916), 25.