Tag: Gordon Fee
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Household: “Head” in 1 Corinthians 11 (Part 1)
Before returning to the household codes, our final stop in our analysis of the head metaphor is 1 Corinthians 11:3. Before diving headfirst into this passage, we need to step back and put this in a broader context. Earlier in this series, I wrote about the circumstances at Corinth and will not recapitulate that here.…
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The “Head” of the Synagogue
The Greek word for head is kephale. Its meaning as a metaphor is a hotly disputed issue in biblical scholarship. One metaphorical use of "head" in Hebrew, Latin, and English is the idea of ruler. (ex. "head of state) Yet "head" does not appear to carry this same connotation in Greek. Gordon Fee writes: The…
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The Cultural Context of Ephesians 5:18-6:9
The most recent edition of E-Quality has an edited version of an article by Gordon Fee called The Cultural Context of Ephesians 5:18-6:9. It is a look at the household code in Ephesians, the controversial "husband as head of the wife" passage. When I read the original version of this article four years ago, it…