KATAKALUPTW

Denny A Diehl dd-1 at juno.com
Sat Sep 16 15:27:00 EDT 2000


Denny Diehl here

with a question concerning KATAKALUPTW as found
in 1 Cor 11:

This quote from the article on KATAKALUPTW in Kittel:

          It used to be asserted by theologians
     that Paul was simply endorsing the unwritten
     law of hellenic and hellenistic feeling for
     what was proper. But this view is untenable.
     To be sure, the veil was not unknown in
     Greece. It was worn partly as adornment and
     partly on such special occasions as match-
     making and marriage, mourning, and the
     worship of chthonic deities (in the form of a
     garment drawn over the head). But it is quite
     wrong that Greek women were under some
     kind of compulsion to wear a veil in public.
     (vol. 3, p. 562)

           Veiling was customary among the
     Romans at sacrifices . . . . but this did not
     apply to the Gks. In neither case was there
     any distinction of sexes. Hence Paul was not
     thinking of these customs. (vol. 3,  p. 562, n. 2.)

Any other suggestions?


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