Tag: Head in 1 Corinthians 11

Household: “Head” in 1 Corinthians 11 (Part 2)

Oct 4, 2007

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mwkruse

in Culture, Gender and Sex, History, Series: Household of God, Sociology, Theology

We pick up now with the rest of the passage following 1 Corinthians 11:3: But I want you to understand that Christ is the head of every man, and the husband (or man) is the head of his wife (woman), and God is the head of Christ. I've said that "head" here functions as "origin."…
Household: “Head” in 1 Corinthians 11 (Part 1)

Oct 3, 2007

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by

mwkruse

in Gender and Sex, Series: Household of God

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.…