must be positive or they both must be negative. After giving a complete listing of parallels he concludes, “There are only two acceptable ways of rendering that passage: (1) ‘I do not permit a woman to teach [error] or to domineer over a man,’ or (2) ‘I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man” (89). Later he adds, “Since, therefore, the term διδάσκειν is viewed absolutely in the New Testament for an activity that is viewed positively in and of itself, and since οὐδέ