[B-Greek] Veil: KALUMMA
James Ernest
jdemail at charter.net
Tue Jun 29 09:15:38 EDT 2004
Regarding PERIBOLAION rather than KALUMMA and focused on 1 Cor 11:13-15
rather than 2 Cor 3, so not too much help with Moses but of general interest
with regard to women, veiling, and hair in Hellenistic context, see Troy
Martin's article in this spring's JBL. The argument, based on material from
Hellenistic medical handbooks and other lit., is that women's hair was
regarded as a functioning sexual organ--which they were given ANTI
PERIBOLAIOU, "instead of a testicle" rather than "in place of a veil." Seems
bizarre, but there it is. As the title indicates, the article tries to
demonstrate this meaning of PERIBOLAION, which you won't find in LSJ, BDAG,
or the commentaries on 1 Cor.: "Paul's Argument from Nature for the Veil in
1 Corinthians 11:13-15: A Testicle Instead of a Head Covering," JBL 123/1
(Spring 2004): 75-84. Hence "Paul appropriately instructs women in the
service of God to cover their hair since it is part of the female
genitalia."
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James D. Ernest, Ph.D., Editor
Baker Academic
jernest at BakerAcademic.com
http://www.BakerAcademic.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:b-greek-bounces at lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of J. Ted Blakley
> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 5:20 AM
> To: b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [B-Greek] Veil: KALUMMA
>
>
> David,
> Ben Witherington has an important discussion of veils in
> his socio-rhetorical commentary on 1 and 2 Corinthians. It's
> been a while since I have read it but one of the things I
> found quite valuable is a distinction he makes between veils
> in Greek society and veils in Roman society. In addition, he
> argues along with others that Corinth was not a Greek but a
> Roman city, i.e., Corinthian society at the time of Paul was
> organized according to Roman sensibilities and not Greek
> sensibilities, which has a significant impact on how one then
> interprets what Paul is arguing for in 1 Cor 11.
> In addition, Witherington also has some pictures of head
> coverings.
>
> Sincerely,
> Ted
>
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> J. Ted Blakley
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David Bielby" <dbielby at bloomingtonvineyard.org>
> To: "Big Greeks" <b-greek at lists.ibiblio.org>
> Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 9:55 PM
> Subject: [B-Greek] Veil: KALUMMA
>
>
> > I'm looking for an article that deals with KALUMMA in the
> Hellenists
> > and
> the
> > Jews (ancient). Also, artwork that may portray the use of
> KALUMMA.
> > Does anyone know if it was standard for hellenistic women to wear a
> > KALUMMA?
> Can
> > you cite a reference to help me focus my search on this term? Also,
> anyone
> > who has explored how this may affect passages like: NKJ 2
> Corinthians
> > 3:16 Nevertheless when one turns to the Lord, the veil (KALUMMA) is
> > taken away.
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > David Bielby
> > www.bloomingtonvineyard.org
> > dbielby at bloomingtonvineyard.org
> >
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