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 MAÇTERS OF DIVINITY (ACADEMIC) I * m National iibrary Bibliothéque nationale of Canada du Canada Acquisitions and Acquisitions et Bibliographie Services services bibliographiques 395 Wellington Street 395, rue Wellington Ottawa ON K1A ON4 Omwa ON K1A ON4 Canada Canada The author has granted a non- L'auteur a accordé une licence non exclusive licence allowing the exclusive permettant à la National Library of Canada to Bibliothèque nationale du Canada de reproduce, ioan, distribute or seIl reproduire, prêter, distribuer ou copies of this thesis in microfom, vendre des copies de cette thèse sous paper or electronic formats. la fome de rnicrofiche/film, de reproduction sur papier ou sur format électronique. The author retains ownership of the L'auteur conserve la propriété du copyright in this thesis. Neither the droit d'auteur qui protège cette thèse. thesis nor substantial extracts fiom it Ni la thèse ni des extraits substantiels rnay be printed or otherwise de celle-ci ne doivent être imprimés reproduced without the author's ou autrement reproduits sans son permission. autorisation. 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.