Marriage in the New Testament is often discussed through the lens of authority and submission. However, 1 Pet 3:7 uses the term synklēronomos to describe a wife in relation to her husband. The term means coheir or inheriting together with.[1] In a forthcoming edited volume, God’s Yes to Women: Why the Bible’s Vision of Partnership Is...Read More

Contemporary theological accounts of gender—complementarianism and egalitarianism as previously outlined—serve as part background to my own proposed doctoral research: One Flesh: A Literary and Socio-Rhetorical Study of the Pauline (and Deutero-Pauline) Marriage Texts.[1] Expressed more simply, I am exploring the apostle Paul’s writings about marriage with reference to their first-century social setting. Given the intersection...Read More