From: Denny A Diehl (dd-1@juno.com)
Date: Sat Sep 16 2000 - 15:27:00 EDT
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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