^{page 176 note 1} Trible thus translates adam ‘earth creature’ (God and the Rhetoric of Sexuality 77). I am indebted to Trible for several aspects of my reading of Genesis 2–3 and Ruth.

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^{page 177 note 3} I shall hint at a religio-historical explanation in considering woman in Proverbs.

^{page 177 note 4} Kidner, , Genesis 71.Google Scholar

^{page 177 note 5} For her and some other women not mentioned in Hebrews 11, see Trible's Texts of Terror.

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^{page 181 note 9} Trible, , Rhetoric, 166, 198.Google Scholar

^{page 183 note 10} It is noteworthy that the woman, and not merely the man, appears as teacher in Proverbs.

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^{page 185 note 15} It seems likely that 1 Cor. 11 is concerned throughout with coiffure, not hats/veils, though the main point is not affected by this question.

^{page 182 note 16} Ephesians and 1 Timothy (to be referred to below) are widely reckoned to be deutero-Pauline; whether or not this is the case, we need to consider the theological relationship between their perspectives and those of the clearly Pauline letters, given that all find a place in the NT.

^{page 187 note 17} Cf. the NT's appeal to OT prophecy, which often involves ignoring the historical meaning of the original, but without necessarily thereby missing the OT's broader theological thrust.

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