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On Sat, 25 Jan 1997, Jim West  wrote:

[ ... ]

>>Actually a similar command was given to Timothy who was in Ephesus (1
>>Tim 2:11-12).

[ ... ]

>Which brings up an interesting point regarding Fee- why did he not attempt
>to eliminate this verse on shaky text critical grounds as he did the passage
>in Corinthians?

Well... shaky text critical grounds are not the same as *no* text-critical
grounds. At least the verse in Corinthians was transposed by a whole
text-type (the "Western"). As Aland has noted, such large changes
often indicate a confused text. Not confused enough to justify eliminating
the verses, of course.... :-)

But let's assume that there were some such evidence for eliminating
the passage in 1 Timothy. This might be another case where personal
bias comes in. An editor might think (I know *I* might -- one reason
why I try to have a fixed method) "This isn't by Paul; it's a fake.
And an editor might say anything; why should I consider *him*
inspired."

Sigh.

BTW -- Fee's attempt to set these verses aside occurs in his commentary
on 1 Corinthians. I don't have the commentary myself, but the footnotes
in Ehrman & Holmes locate the remarks on pp. 699-708.

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