Mark

Cheryl,

Thank you for clarifying your question. Now i can see what it is you are asking. And please stop with your rhetorical hogwash, you sound like you’ve just stepped out of the 16th Century.

Now you claim ANY head covering shames Christ, correct? Male or female it shames Christ since you base this assumption on palestianian judaism correct?

Well as i said earlier and as i quoted NT scholar David Garland, i do not think this is the case. Primarily because the text in question does not say so and it seems much more likely that given the context of Corinth, a greco-roman custom is in view.

“Every man praying or prophesying, having anything down over his head shames his head. And every woman praying or prophesying with the head uncovered shames her head; for it is the same as being shaved”

So Paul says a man will shame Christ by covering his head. However shall a woman uncover her head, she will shame her husband. You claim that a woman covering her head shames Christ, yet this puts Paul in a pickle since he affirms that not to cover shames her husband. So is Paul really saying to cover to honour the husband, but yet not cover to honour Christ? I could hardly think so, thus why i want you to show me other people who agree with you to help clarify your position. Your ‘if’ argument must not be isolated from the text before it. The assumption in verse 6, “if it is shameful” is that it is shameful since Paul a verse earlier says so.

I would rather understand the head covering from the greco-roman viewpoint rather than the palestianian judaistic standpoint. The text makes much more sense from within it’s own historical context rather than asserting palestinian understandings.

Now i know we disagree, but can you now provide me with some links for your exegetical position. Thanks

P.S Don’t forget that Paul told us not to get involved in useless quarrels as well. I’d rather listen to that than misapply 1 Peter 3:15 in the way you have. If you wont/can’t show me some links to help me understand your position i’ll bail out of this one. Having been so involved in cultic ministry, i’m sure your aware of the individual, novel interpretations of scripture that they produce, and i simply want to see some other serious commentators believe the same exegesis as you..egal or comp.