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Mike Winger idea 2022-07-18

Egalitarian claim: kephale means 'source' only, not authority; complementarian claim: it includes authority

Mike lays out the two positions in the debate.

kephale complementarianism egalitarianism
Mike Winger idea 2022-07-18

LSJ lexicon (1996 supplement): lists 'source' as possible meaning (for rivers) and 'noblest part' — does not cite any NT passages

Mike arrives at the one lexicon egalitarians rely on most.

kephale LSJ (Liddell-Scott-Jones) source meaning for rivers
Mike Winger idea 2022-07-18

Lexicon survey conclusion: 15 surveyed, only 3 mention source, none assign source to any NT passage

Mike summarizes his comprehensive lexicon survey.

kephale lexicon survey results source meaning extremely rare
Mike Winger idea 2022-07-18

Peter Glare, editor of the LSJ, writes to Grudem agreeing with his conclusions — 'the supposed sense source of course does not exist'

Mike presents the dramatic climax of the lexical argument — the LSJ's own editor sides with Grudem.

kephale Wayne Grudem LSJ (Liddell-Scott-Jones)
Mike Winger idea 2022-11-11

The hairstyle view: Philip Payne's interpretation of 1 Corinthians 11

Mike presents the second of five interpretive approaches.

Philip Payne kephale source meaning
Mike Winger idea 2022-11-11

Keener: kephale means 'source' or if 'authority' then only cultural authority

Mike details Keener's handling of verse 3.

kephale Craig Keener source meaning
Mike Winger idea 2022-11-11

Push back on kephale as 'source': even if source, it still implies authority; verses 11-12 prove too much

Mike addresses two independent problems with the source interpretation.

Ephesians 5 1 Corinthians 11:11-12 Philip Payne kephale Ephesians 5