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Women in Church Leadership Explores the interpretive options for the New Testament texts most relevant to the discussion of the role of women in the New Testament church.

This article focuses on the exegesis and historical background of the New Testament texts related to women in positions of church leadership. The goal is to survey the complexity of the New Testament textual evidence and introduce the main exegetical options that interpreters have offered for dealing with the evidence. It does not address the contemporary debate over applying such passages to the present-day church.

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