1 Cor 11:2-16

kdlitwak (kdlitwak@concentric.net)
Wed, 02 Jul 1997 10:38:31 -0700

I won't go into much detail here,lest I receive another "severe
letter" for being off-topic. Let me just suggest, as a starting point,
that while EXOUSIAN in 1 COre 11:10 is generally treated as some sort of
passive/metaphor for a veil, in fact similar constructions are present,
as in John's Apocalypse. Whether there or elsewhere, one would be
hard-pressed to find an example of EXOUSIAN used passively. This verse
clearly means that the woman has authority to do as she wishes regarding
her head. That's a problem if Paul is inisiting the opposite. See also
MOrna Hooker on this verse.

Ken Litwak