St Paul and the role of women
Paul and the Role of Women Munpreet Virdy REL-210 – Final Paper Paul the apostle was born in Tarsus, in the Roman province of Cicilia. ... At the time of Paul, the Jewish culture was that women received no education. ... Anyhow, Paul’s diverse background resulted in his complex personality enabling him to be able to get a along with different people of various backgrounds, male or female. Paul experienced an unexpected conversion from his original faith to Christianity when he had an encounter with the spirit of Christ. ... The epistles Paul wrote differ in many ways from other letters that have been written. One difference is the way in which he portrayed women. Paul thought women could make good teachers and role models for other women, teaching them to love their children and husbands and be sensible and pure. But Paul also thought that women be allowed to teach men. Other Christian leaders did not tolerate women as much. The disciples were outspoken in the way they criticized the fact that Jesus treated women with the respect they deserved. But then one may argue that in Corinth Paul states that women should remain silent in Church. This was because the Jewish Christian women of that time had not been taught to read or write.