Matches in Harvard for { ?s ?p Although John Calvin's doctrine of woman and his relationships with women have been the subject of much recent study, interpreters disagree over his relative hierarchicalism or egalitarianism. All agree Calvin was traditional, but part of traditional biblical theology entails elements of both patriarchy and egalitarianism. Moreover, one recent interpreter cites the pro-woman influences of French humanism in order to claim an unprecedented "openness to future change" in Calvin's description of the scriptural prohibition against women teachers as liable to change at the church's discretion. The present dissertation seeks to place Calvin's teachings on women in the context of his fellow exegetes. A preliminary investigation of possible sources for an innovative doctrine and advocacy of women among Calvin's humanist contemporaries argues the unlikelihood of this influence on Calvin. . }
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- catalog description "Although John Calvin's doctrine of woman and his relationships with women have been the subject of much recent study, interpreters disagree over his relative hierarchicalism or egalitarianism. All agree Calvin was traditional, but part of traditional biblical theology entails elements of both patriarchy and egalitarianism. Moreover, one recent interpreter cites the pro-woman influences of French humanism in order to claim an unprecedented "openness to future change" in Calvin's description of the scriptural prohibition against women teachers as liable to change at the church's discretion. The present dissertation seeks to place Calvin's teachings on women in the context of his fellow exegetes. A preliminary investigation of possible sources for an innovative doctrine and advocacy of women among Calvin's humanist contemporaries argues the unlikelihood of this influence on Calvin. ".