[B-Greek] Veils: KALUMMA

David Bielby dbielby at bloomingtonvineyard.org
Tue Jun 29 18:25:25 EDT 2004


Pls give me the details on how to get a hold of Ben Witherington's material
on veils.
 
Thank you!
 
David
 
 
 Your note follows...
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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