One explanation of the text from a paster woman:
TALMUDIC QUOTES illustrate this:*
A Jewish Prayer:'Praise God He hasn't created me a gentile, a woman or an ignorant man.'*
'The woman, says the law, is in all things inferior to the man.'*
Only men could speak in public*(Beraktoth 4,36; Mishnah Aboth 1,5)*
No woman could give a testimony or conduct business.*(Mishnah Shabbath 4,1)*
Oxford Bible Church - 1 Corinthians 14:34-35: Should Women be Silent in Church?
Paul is quoting what some Jewish converts to Christ, had written in a letter to Paul, complaining about women being involved in church services.*Although they were saved they were used to male-dominated synagogue- worship and so found the equality of women in church life hard to take.
They were saying:*'Paul, these women are prophesying, praying out loud, speaking in tongues. The Oral law says it's shameful for a woman to speak in public. Tell them to shut-up!'
So as Paul is teaching on every member participating in church services, it is the natural place for him to deal with their objection.*So he quotes what they say:*'Let your women keep silent in the churches, for it is not permitted for them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as the law also says. And if they want to learn something, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for women to speak in church'*(v34,35)
Then he answers them:'What, came the word of God out from you? or came it to you only? If any think himself a prophet, or spiritual, let him acknowledge that the things I write to you*(not the Talmud)*are the commandments of the Lord*(the true authority)*But if any (choose to be) be ignorant, let him be ignorant.'*(v36-38) Paul replies by asserting his apostolic authority above the Talmud.
This also explains why these verses come out of the blue, interrupting the flow of thought, which is picked up again in*v39,40:*'Therefore brethren,covet to prophesy and do not forbid to speak with tongues.'*
The placement of v34,35 in the passage as a clear interruption and marked contrast to what Paul is teaching, serves to separate them from Paul's own views.
We conclude that Paul isn't silencing women, rather the opposite!
See? You should always listen to a paster woman.