TY - JOUR
TI - Oral Teachings of Old Women in 1 Timothy 4:7
AU - Torbus, Sławomir
TI - Oral Teachings of Old Women in 1 Timothy 4:7
AB - The paper attempts to consider the possibility that the expression γραώδεις μῦθοι used in 1 Timothy 4:7 might refer to oral teachings conveyed by older women in Ephesus. It can be observed that in the Pastoral Epistles, the word μῦθοι denotes false teachings which stand in sharp contrast with the truth contained in the written Scriptures. The context of 1 Timothy may suggest the possibility that older women could convey such oral teachings in the space of the οἶκος, which was a natural ecclesiastical environment of the earliest Christian church.
VL - 2020
IS - V
PY - 2020
SN - 2449-8181
C1 - 2720-3689
SP - 133
EP - 143
DO - 10.34616/QO.2020.5.133.143
UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/quaestiones-oralitatis/artykul/oral-teachings-of-old-women-in-1-timothy-4-7
KW - Pastoral Epistles
KW - myth
KW - New Testament
KW - orality
KW - Paul of Tarsus
KW - early Christianity