vol. 38, Issue #3

Online Journal Article: Patriarchy As An Evil That God Tolerated: Analysis And Implications For The Authority Of Scripture - Guenther Haas* Jets 38/3 (September 1995) 321–336 [Gender Studies]

https://www.etsjets.org/files/JETS-PDFs/38/38-3/38-3-pp321-336_JETS.pdf

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Excerpt:

PATRIARCHY AS AN EVIL THAT GOD TOLERATED:
ANALYSIS AND IMPLICATIONS
FOR THE AUTHORITY OF SCRIPTURE -
GUENTHER HAAS*
JETS 38/3 (September 1995) 321–336

Excerpt
It is generally accepted by Christians of a wide range of theological and
Biblical positions that the culture established in the OT prescribes a pattern
of relations between men and women that is patriarchal. But there are
different evaluations of this pattern—that is, different moral judgments
made about the pattern and its place in the broader scheme of the history
of redemption. The conclusions drawn are related to one’s view of the Bible
and of the Biblical teaching on the role of women. My interest in this article
is in analyzing the assumption that the patriarchal culture instituted in the
OT is a moral evil, an evil that the coming of the fullness of redemption in
Christ has abolished. While this view is held by the whole range of feminists,
my paper focuses on evangelical feminism.
The reason for this is my desire to understand the implications of
embracing this assumption for the authority of the Bible as the infallible
Word of God. The key question: Does adopting this assumption undermine
Scriptural authority, or can one adopt it and still retain an evangelical view
of the infallibility of Scripture? - from page 321
Subject: Feminism and the Bible