Author: Wendy Wilson

The Historical Research of Dr. Sandra Glahn Ephesians 5: Paul and His Subversive Passage on the Family A note from Wendy Wilson, MissioNexus, Mission Advisor for Development of Women: As we have begun to better understand the Greek and Roman cultures of the first century into which they wrote, the letters of Paul and Peter become […]

The Historical Research of Dr. Sandra Glahn https://womensdevelopmenttrack.com/blog/ Does Paul really think women are gossips and busybodies? A note from Wendy Wilson, MissioNexus, Mission Advisor for Development of Women: Earlier in this series we addressed the issue of how English translators have often used male pronouns and descriptors for words that carry no gender assignment […]

The Historical Research of Dr. Sandra Glahn 1 Cor 11:5 – Who were the women with shaved heads? A note from Wendy Wilson, MissioNexus, Mission Advisor for Development of Women: This passage in 1 Corinthians 11 has perplexed readers and students of the Bible for centuries. Somehow the original hearers knew just what Paul was […]

The Historical Research of Dr. Sandra Glahn Was Abigail Right to Go Behind Nabal’s Back?  A note from Wendy Wilson, MissioNexus, Mission Advisor for Development of Women: As we have previously considered the meaning of the Hebrew word EZER, translated in our English Bibles as “helper” in Genesis 2, what does it look like to […]

The Historical Research of Dr. Sandra Glahn What Does it Mean that Woman is “Helper” (Ezer) A note from Wendy Wilson, MissioNexus, Mission Advisor for Development of Women: Though the Bible does not specifically define masculine nor feminine for us, Genesis 2 makes it clear that men and women are different for the glorious purpose […]

The Historical Research of Dr. Sandra Glahn Are the Women in 1 Timothy Leaders, Needers, or Both? A note from Wendy Wilson, MissioNexus, Mission Advisor for Development of Women: As more women have come into the academic and research aspect of biblical theology, they have also brought different questions than their male counterparts. What happened […]

The Historical Research of Dr. Sandra Glahn The Influence of Artemis on the Issues of 1 Tim 2:8-15 A note from Wendy Wilson, MissioNexus, Mission Advisor for Development of Women: 1 Timothy 2:8-15 has been widely known as one of the most confusing, and so contested, passages in the New Testament. Academics and laypeople alike […]

The Historical Research of Dr. Sandra Glahn Who Was Artemis and Why Does it Matter (Part 2) A note from Wendy Wilson, MissioNexus, Mission Advisor for Development of Women: How does an understanding of the cultural context of first century Ephesus, under the enormous influence of the Temple of Artemis, help us to untangle wider […]

The Historical Research of Dr. Sandra Glahn Who Was Artemis and Why Does it Matter (Part 1) A note from Wendy Wilson, MissioNexus, Mission Advisor for Development of Women: New historical discoveries on the influence of the Temple of Artemis on Ephesian culture (and just who this Artemis was) is shedding light on what the […]

The Historical Research of Dr. Sandra Glahn Biblical Womanhood, Part 2: What is a Woman? A note from Wendy Wilson, MissioNexus, Mission Advisor for Development of Women: This week we continue the discussion of what the Scripture does tell us about what it means to be a woman. She is an Image-bearer of God. This […]