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Aida Besancon Spencer (born 1947) is a Dominican-American theological professor, Presbyterian minister, and Christian author.Spencer was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She is married to William David Spencer, who is a writer, minister, and educator.On the issue of [[hermeneutics]], she and Wheaton New Testament scholar Gilbert Bilezikian have argued that the author's prohibition in [[1 Timothy 2:12]] concerning women speaking in the congregation was only intended to be a temporary response to women who were teaching error
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Aida Spencer is a Christian author and Professor of New Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts.
* ''Reaching for the New Jerusalem: A Biblical and Theological Framework for the City''.(2013) edited by Seong Hyun Park, Aida Besancon Spencer, and William David Spencer
* ''Christian Egalitarian Leadership: Empowering the Whole Church according to the Scriptures''.(2020) edited by Aída Besançon Spencer and William David Spencer
* ''Global Voices on Biblical Equality: Women and Men Serving together in the Church.'' edited by Aida Besancon Spencer, William David Spencer, and Mimi Haddad, House of Prisca and Aquila, Wipf and Stock 2008 isbn ISBN 9781556350559
* ''God through the Looking Glass: Glimpses from the Arts.'' edited by William David Spencer and Aida Besancon Spencer, Baker 1998 isbn ISBN 0-801057898
* ''Joy through the Night: Biblical Resources on Suffering.'' InterVarsity, reprinted by Wipf and Stock, by Aida Besancon Spencer and William David Spencer 1994 ISBN 9781556355028