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This is not enough information to indicate that women predominated in the Roman church; however, it does show that admonitions for women to “keep silence” and “not teach or exercise authority over a man” were not the rule in early Pauline churches.
I think he flips the analogy of faith on its head.
It is amazing what sort of exegetical gymnastics a person will perform if he does not like what the scriptures plainly teach. Any time we are at pains to pit the Bible against the Bible, I think we have good reason to stop and think about why we are determined to see a particular exegetical/theological outcome.
This is his conclusion.it turns out that Paul counted quite a few women among the teachers and leaders in his churches. We must, then, interpret the restrictions in 1 Corinthians 14:34-35 and 1 Timothy 2:11-15 in light of the data from other Pauline letters. In that light, it appears that the restrictions in those two passages are aimed at specific, local situations and do not represent Paul’s view for all Christians in all times and places.