I agreed. This didn’t sound like Lewis. At least, it didn’t sound like something Lewis would say about marriage and singleness in particular. So I did what any good researcher would do. I went back to the sources and here’s what I discovered...
Re footnote 3: I think it’s said by a fictional version of CS Lewis in the play Shadowlands! This is based on 5 minutes of procrastisleuthing though - I’m not familiar with the play. Search the quote in google books and see if you agree with me.
Hi Dani. Very good article, thank you. A masterclass in how to correct a misunderstanding of a snippet from a letter by looking carefully at the literary and historical context.
The same approach can be applied to 1 Timothy 2:12. What was Paul concerned about, that gave rise to his instructions? Was it (A) the spread of false teaching in Ephesus, in which some misguided and misbehaving women were involved? Or was it (B) when the church in Ephesus met together for worship, faithful women (rather than faithful men) were teaching faithfully?
The rest of the letter seems to show (A) rather than (B).
Re footnote 3: I think it’s said by a fictional version of CS Lewis in the play Shadowlands! This is based on 5 minutes of procrastisleuthing though - I’m not familiar with the play. Search the quote in google books and see if you agree with me.
Thanks Dani
Hi Dani. Very good article, thank you. A masterclass in how to correct a misunderstanding of a snippet from a letter by looking carefully at the literary and historical context.
The same approach can be applied to 1 Timothy 2:12. What was Paul concerned about, that gave rise to his instructions? Was it (A) the spread of false teaching in Ephesus, in which some misguided and misbehaving women were involved? Or was it (B) when the church in Ephesus met together for worship, faithful women (rather than faithful men) were teaching faithfully?
The rest of the letter seems to show (A) rather than (B).
SUCH a good piece. Thank you.