Kay

“i have already said that i don’t think the prophecying here should be considered the same as teaching. In fact the bible separates them as different spiritual gifts, and no my church doesn’t perform like that. We don’t have people prophecying and speaking in toungues because no one is gifted that way, but still the Corinthians did, and Paul is describing orderly worship conduct for the assembly when gathered together.”
BUt i would also add for myself, the specific culture of the writer. The time when the document was written. The other cultural backdrops- for example with Moses, what is similar/dissimilar with other Ancient Near Eastern sources. All these types of things also help us determine the purpose for writing, the intended audience etc.”
Mark,
In light of your comments, I find it difficult to understand that you still insist that 1 Cor. 14 is a prohibition on women speaking in “formal church” today.
“And every woman who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head—it is just as though her head were shaved. If a woman does not cover her head, she should have her hair cut off; and if it is a disgrace for a woman to have her hair cut or shaved off, she should cover her head.” 1Cor.11:5-6
It says in vs.5 that women were praying and prophesying.

Would the cultural head covering have been a controversy at all if these women were at home in private individual prayer and prophesying to themselves?
Do you think Paul allowed praying and prophesying in ch. 11 and then changed his mind by ch.14?