The Bible and Gender by Icoc Teachers Service Team

Originally, this project was entitled "A Paper on the Woman's Role." As the project evolved, it became evident that the product from this project was not going to be one paper, but several papers (nine in total). Also, it became evident to the members of the task force that the discussion was not about the woman's role in marriage and the church, but it was a discussion of women and men in the image of God, marriage, ministry, culture, and biblical interpretation. The task force was a global team of twelve teachers who volunteered their time for this project. The task force was diverse in gender and ethnicity. The task force sought to provide scholarly, exegetical articles that target an audience who desire the "meat" of the Word. Therefore, the papers were based on the Hebrew or Greek text of the passage being considered, as reflected in the papers. Read more