Episode 141 - Eve in the New Testament

Episode Summary

Eve is mentioned twice in the New Testament, once in 2 Corinthians 11:3 and once in 1 Timothy 2:11-15. In the first instance, Paul alludes to the serpent’s tempting Eve in the garden. The Apostle does not want the Corinthian church to be as gullible as Eve was. In the second instance, the author of this pastoral letter elaborates on Eve’s role as a way of admonishing women. Because Eve succumbed to temptation, the writer of the letter does not permit her to teach men. He claims that Eve was deceived, though Adam was not. Because of this, women are to be silent in church educational settings. This, of course, is enormously controversial. Ultimately, the author says that women will eventually saved by bearing children as long as women maintain a holy demeanor. Some Christian churches have taken this admonishment literally as applicable to all places and all times. Other churches have attempted to soften this teaching.

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