Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

My odyssey -- Backgrounds to Paul's teaching regarding man and woman -- Women Paul names as ministry leaders -- Paul's theological axioms imply the equality of man and woman -- PART 1. Exegesis of Paul's statements about woman: earlier letters. Galatians 3:28: man and woman, one in Christ -- 1 Corinthians 7: the equal rights of man and woman in marriage -- 1 Corinthians 11:2-3: head/source relationships -- 1 Corinthians 11:4: the disgrace of a man having down from the head -- 1 Corinthians 11:5-6: the disgrace of a woman's head uncovered-- 1 Corinthians 11:7-10: theological bases for head-covering rules -- 1 Corinthians 11:11-12: the equal standing of woman and man in Christ -- 1 Corinthians 11:13-16: shameful head coverings explained as hair -- 1 Corinthians 14:34-35: did Paul forbid women to speak in church? -- PART 2. Exegesis of Paul's statements about woman: later letters. Ephesians 5:21-33 and Colossians 3:18-19: husband-wife relationships -- 1 Timothy 2:8-15: Introduction: the Ephesian church situation addressed in 1 Timothy -- 1 Timothy 2:8-11: let a woman learn in quietness and in all submission -- 1 Timothy 2:12, part I: I am not permitting a woman to teach -- 1 Timothy 2:12, part II: does ... separate two prohibitions or conjoin them? -- 1 Timothy 2:12, part III: does ... mean assume authority? -- 1 Timothy 2:13-14: the need for respect, the danger of deception -- 1 Timothy 2:15: salvation through the childbirth -- 1 Timothy 3:1-13 and Titus 1:5-9: may women be overseers and deacons? -- Conclusion. Paul consistently champions the equality of man and woman in Christ.