Rite and Rights for Women – Galatians 3.28
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19294341 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ben Witherington III (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 593-604 |
| Publication date | 1981-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | New Testament Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0028-6885 • E-ISSN: 1469-8145 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0028688500007098 |
| OpenAlex | W2144854368 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
Galatians 3. 28 illustrates the fact that all too often meaning is in the eye of the beholder and that without proper care and attention to the context, text becomes pretext. We are told by some commentators that Gal. 3. 28 is the ‘Magna Carta of Humanity’, and especially the ‘Emancipation Proclamation for Women’. Others insist just as strongly that this text is dealing with one's position Coram Deo and has no implications for social relations within the Body of Christ. One scholar has even suggested that Paul's male–female terminology and his mentioning of baptism means that Paul is arguing for infant, as well as adult, baptism. In light of the present confusion concerning this text, it will perhaps be best to attempt to set this verse in its historical and literary context before proceeding to examine the exegetical intricacies involved
Art · Baptism · Confusion · Context (archaeology) · Emancipation · Epistemology · Humanity · Linguistics · Literature · Meaning (existential) · Political science · Pretext · Proclamation · Psychoanalysis · Rite · Sociology · Terminology · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Classical Studies and Legal History · History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Theology and Canon Law Studies
| Citations per year | 0.03 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1996 - 1996 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |