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In this episode, Kim talks to Dr. Cynthia Long Westfall. Dr. Westfall shares her background, providing context that helps explain her interest in the New Testament and Paul. Her mentors, service, analytical mind and questions led her into digging into the New Testament and Paul, and women’s sexuality. She provides excellent context and interpretations of Paul’s difficult passages. She specifically focuses on how Paul instructs the church to honor the traditionally discarded women with the Ancient Corinthain symbol of honorable women, the head covering.
Resources by Dr. Westfall
Cynthia Long Westfall. Paul and Gender: Reclaiming the Apostle’s Vision for Men and Women in Christ (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic). 2016.
Mutuality Matters podcast: Redeeming Paul – Part 1, Redeeming Paul – Part 2
Mutuality Magazine: Difficult Passages in the Bible and How to Understand Them
Priscilla Papers: On Developing a Consistent Hermeneutical Approach to the Application of General Scriptures
CBE International Conference Audios:
Paul and Gender: Highlights and Bombshells
The Symbol of the Veil in the Ancient Near East and Today: Subjugation or Honor – Part 1
The Symbol of the Veil in the Ancient Near East and Today: Subjugation or Honor? Part 2
In Church or at Home? What is 1 Timothy 2:8-15 Really About?
Answering Those Who Ask: Moving from Defense to a Breakthrough
Relevant Resources
Roy Ciampa was mentioned in the interview explaining the educational level of women in the New Testament Church his podcast interview with Dr. Mimi Hadad in Women and Words: Marriage in the Greco-Roman World in Translation with Dr. Rogy Ciampa
Dr. Westfall references Kenneth Baily’s book about women in the Middle East. See Cynthia Long Westfall’s review of his book: Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes
Veil Bound or Veiled Beauty? By Kay Blevins Calabrese
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