[B-Greek] Heads in 1 Corinthians 11
Malcolm Matthew
atxmrm at nottingham.ac.uk
Tue Nov 17 14:02:57 EST 2009
1 Corinthians 11:4: Every man who prays or prophesies KATA KEPHALH ECHWN...
I recognise that there are loads of questions about this passage, but I'm just wondering about one in particular: Would it be feasible (aside from contextual considerations) to understand this as "against having a head"? - The meaning of the sentence would thus be along the lines of "Every man who prays or prophecies as though having no head [i.e. Christ]..."
I realise that it's common to understand the phrase as referring to a "covering coming down from the head" - and I'm quite open to such a reading. I'm simply wondering whether this other reading is even possible or whether it can be ruled out on the grounds of grammar or language usage.
Thanks,
Matthew R. Malcolm
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