Cheryl Schatz

Mark,

2. Now in relation to ‘kephale’ I am a bit perplexed. I think once Cheryl posts my other paper which does show that kephale can mean authority it might help.

We have all agreed that what kephale does mean will be determined by the context in the passage. This post of yours is ultimately way more important than your other one. I will post that later.

But until then, since the issue at hand here is between ‘people’ and since anytime kephale is used between people it denotes authority it is easy to see it working here.

Mark again you are assuming what you have yet to prove. You say that “anytime” people are involved, head means authority but this is not true.

Suzanne has posted this example that disproves your theory (http://powerscourt.blogspot.com/2009/11/orphism-and.html)

Therefore of our race he become first head [kephale], which is the source [arche], and was of the earth and earthy. Since Christ was named the second Adam, he has been placed as head, which is source, of those who through him have been formed anew unto him unto immortality through sanctification in the spirit. Therefore he himself our source, which is head, has appeared as a human being: indeed, he, being by nature God, has a head, the Father in heaven. From Cyril of Alexandria

Clearly Cyril is talking about point of origin or source and not the meaning of authority over.