“his main argument is not that Eve transgressed but that she was deceived” (Page 139)
“it is ‘authorship’, not ‘authority’, that is at the heart of the meaning of αὐθεντέω” (Page 137)
“Paul is interested not in the subjective aspect of the deception (he is not imputing gullibility to women)24 but in the objective activity of the serpent in deceiving Eve.” (Page 139)
“no consideration given to the contextual rhetorical function of the word.” (Page 138)