{"product_id":"9781514005927_nobodys-mother","title":"Nobody's Mother","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award Finalist--Biblical Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow Has Misinterpreting Paul Led to the Silencing of Women?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome Christians think Paul's reference to \"saved through childbearing\" in 1 Timothy 2:15 means that women are slated primarily for delivering and raising children. Alternate readings, however, sometimes fail to build on the best historical and textual evidence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSandra Glahn thinks that we have misunderstood Paul by misunderstanding the context to which he wrote. A key to reading and applying 1 Timothy, Glahn argues, lies in getting to know a mysterious figure who haunts the letter: thegoddess Artemis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on groundbreaking research and new data about Artemis of the Ephesians, \u003ci\u003eNobody's Mother\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDemonstrates how better background information supports faithful interpretation, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCombines spiritual autobiography with scholarly exploration, taking readers on a journey to ancient Ephesus and across early church history, and\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnveils the cult of Artemis and how early Christians related to it can give us a clearer sense of the type of radical, countercultural fellowship the New Testament writers intended Christ's church to be.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for those who want to avoid sacrificing a high view of Scripture while working to reconcile conflicting models of God's view of women. Through the unexpected channel of Paul's advice to Timothy--and the surprising help of an ancient Greek myth--\u003ci\u003eNobody's Mother\u003c\/i\u003e lays a biblical foundation for men and women serving side by side in the church.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Mining an impressive wealth of research, including artifacts, Ephesian inscriptions, and literature from the likes of Homer and Pliny the Elder, Glahn makes an exacting case that Paul's words described a \"specific time-bound situation\"--debunking interpretations tying women to childbirth and barring them from church leadership for subsequent generations. It's a rigorous and much needed reassessment of a passage long used to silence women in the church.\" \u003cb\u003e- Publishers Weekly Starred Review, July 2023\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sandra L Glahn","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40699228979249,"sku":"9781514005927","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0571\/9926\/3793\/files\/9781514005927.jpg?v=1780471195","url":"https:\/\/bakerbookhouse.com\/products\/9781514005927_nobodys-mother","provider":"Baker Book House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}