Image and Glory of God: 1 Corinthians 11: 2-16 as a Case Study in Bible, Gender and Hermeneutics

includes index and biblioraphy

Introduction ......1 The nature of this case study ..............1 The case: The evangelical Headship controversy ........2 The method of this case study ...........2 2. A survery of the headship controversy and its Background ............6 The context of the Headship dispute ...........6 A survey of the Headship dispute ..........17 3. Paul and the Hermeneutics of the Gender and Trinity Argument ...............37 The gender and trinity argument ............38 The gender and trinity argument ..........50 Response anthropology and Epistemology in I and 2 Corinthians ...............66 4. Setting the exegetical context : God, Church and World in I corinthians .................69 Previous studies of paul`s Cosmological Language........70 An exegetical study of Paul`s Cosmology in I corinthians ............77 5. God, Gender and Cosmological Language in 1 Corinthians 11: 2-16..................97 6. I corinthians 11: 2-16: Hermeneutical Problems and Strategies .............136 7. Conclusion : Between text and Interpretation ..............180