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Unveiling of Equality: 1 Corinthians 11:2-16

Bethel Lutheran Church, 7310 N. 27th Avenue, Phoeniz, AZ 85021

Are Paul's writings regarding women helpful for people today who look to Scripture for guidance on issues involving human liberation? Efforts, both traditional and non-traditional, to interpret some key Pauline texts can be well served by the present author's proposal for the proper reading of 1 Cor 11:2-16 on the veiling of women. Supported by the passage's structural emphasis on verse 10 (which he translates "the woman ought to have liberty [exousia] over her head" (based on the identification of a chiastic arrangement in verses 2-16, Shoemaker sees Paul's famous discussion of veiling as including a quote derived from those who would have women submit to veiling and accordingly to a hierarchical structure. To this Paul responds that liberty ought not thus to be taken back from women whose equality properly follows from their discipleship to Christ Jesus.

Biblical Theology Bulletin: A Journal of Bible and Theology, Vol. 17, No. 2, 60-63 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/014610798701700204


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