[B-Greek] Veil: KALUMMA
George F. Somsel
gfsomsel at juno.com
Tue Jun 29 09:45:58 EDT 2004
On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 09:15:38 -0400 "James Ernest" <jdemail at charter.net>
writes:
> 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."
>
>
> --------------------------------
> James D. Ernest, Ph.D., Editor
> Baker Academic
> jernest at 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
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > --------------
> > ----
> > J. Ted Blakley
> > Ph.D. Candidate St. Mary's College, University of St. Andrews
> > 35 Auldburn Park St. Andrews, Fife KY16 8JD 01334-479843
> >
> > jtb1 at st-andrews.ac.uk
> > ----- 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.
> > >
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LSJ at Perseus has this entry
PERIBOL-AION, TO, ([PERIBALLW]) that which is thrown round, covering,
QANATOU PERIBOLAIA corpse-clothes, E. HF549; SARKOS TT. hHBWNTA youthful
incasements of flesh, i.e. youth, manhood, ib. 1269, cf. PStrassb 91.9 (i
B. C.) ; freq. in LXX, De. 22.12, al. (metaph., TT. XALKOUN hH ISXUS SOU
Je 15.12); woman's headgear, 1 Ep.Cor. 11.15; covering for the feet,
Plu.Arat.43; chariot-cover, Id. Alex. 67; bedcover, Gal.18(1).103;
padding, PERIBOLAIA SPLHNWN ib.(2).381 ; dressing-gown, warm wrap,
Herod.Med. ap. Orib.10.18.13, Archig. ap. Gal.13.264.
The entry "covering for the feet" is interesting in view of the fact that
"foot" was a euphemism for genitalia.
george
gfsomsel
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