Michael Lakey took his PhD from Durham University and is currently lecturer in New Testament at Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford, UK

This outstanding Durham PhD thesis supervised by Stephen Barton is a hermeneutical case study whose careful argumentation throws a lot of light on the authority and use of the bible. It takes a controvery in the modern church, the evangelical doctrine of 'headship', with its application to church leadership and family life, and the obscure Pauline text about woman's veil, to which appeal is made: 1 Corinthians 11.2-16. - Robert Morgan, Linacre College, Oxford.

• 1. Introduction 1.1 The Focus Of This Study 1.2 Approach To The Topic 1.3 The Significance Of The Study 1.4 The Development Of The Argument 2. A Survey Of The Headship Controversy And Its Background 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The Context Of The Headship Dispute 2.3 A Survey Of The Headship Dispute 2.4 Conclusion 3. Paul And The Hermeneutics Of The Gender And Trinity Debate 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The Gender And Trinity Argument: Themes And Variations 3.3 The Gender And Trinity Argument: Hermeneutical Assumptions 3.4 Response: Anthropology And Epistemology In 1 And 2 Corinthians 3.5 Conclusion 4. Setting The Exegetical Context: God, Church And World In 1 Corinthians 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Previous Studies Into Paul's Use Of cosmos4.3 An Exegetical Study Of Paul's Cosmology In 1 Corinthians 4.4 Conclusion 5. God, Gender And Cosmological Language In 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Preliminary Considerations 5.3 Exposition 5.4 Discussion 5.5 Conclusion 6. 1 Corinthians 11:2-16: Hermeneutical Problems And Strategies 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Hermeneutical Problems With Ancient Texts 6.3 Hermeneutical Problems With Ancient Gender Discourses 6.4 An Examination Of Representative Interpretative Strategies 6.5 Conclusion 7. Conclusion 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Towards A Theological Hermeneutic 7.3 Towards A Reading Of The Text 7.4 Epilogue

Michael Lakey took his PhD from Durham University and is currently lecturer in New Testament at Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford, UK

This outstanding Durham PhD thesis supervised by Stephen Barton is a hermeneutical case study whose careful argumentation throws a lot of light on the authority and use of the bible. It takes a controvery in the modern church, the evangelical doctrine of 'headship', with its application to church leadership and family life, and the obscure Pauline text about woman's veil, to which appeal is made: 1 Corinthians 11.2-16. - Robert Morgan, Linacre College, Oxford.

• 1. Introduction 1.1 The Focus Of This Study 1.2 Approach To The Topic 1.3 The Significance Of The Study 1.4 The Development Of The Argument 2. A Survey Of The Headship Controversy And Its Background 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The Context Of The Headship Dispute 2.3 A Survey Of The Headship Dispute 2.4 Conclusion 3. Paul And The Hermeneutics Of The Gender And Trinity Debate 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The Gender And Trinity Argument: Themes And Variations 3.3 The Gender And Trinity Argument: Hermeneutical Assumptions 3.4 Response: Anthropology And Epistemology In 1 And 2 Corinthians 3.5 Conclusion 4. Setting The Exegetical Context: God, Church And World In 1 Corinthians 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Previous Studies Into Paul's Use Of cosmos4.3 An Exegetical Study Of Paul's Cosmology In 1 Corinthians 4.4 Conclusion 5. God, Gender And Cosmological Language In 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Preliminary Considerations 5.3 Exposition 5.4 Discussion 5.5 Conclusion 6. 1 Corinthians 11:2-16: Hermeneutical Problems And Strategies 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Hermeneutical Problems With Ancient Texts 6.3 Hermeneutical Problems With Ancient Gender Discourses 6.4 An Examination Of Representative Interpretative Strategies 6.5 Conclusion 7. Conclusion 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Towards A Theological Hermeneutic 7.3 Towards A Reading Of The Text 7.4 Epilogue

Michael Lakey took his PhD from Durham University and is currently lecturer in New Testament at Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford, UK

This outstanding Durham PhD thesis supervised by Stephen Barton is a hermeneutical case study whose careful argumentation throws a lot of light on the authority and use of the bible. It takes a controvery in the modern church, the evangelical doctrine of 'headship', with its application to church leadership and family life, and the obscure Pauline text about woman's veil, to which appeal is made: 1 Corinthians 11.2-16. - Robert Morgan, Linacre College, Oxford.

• 1. Introduction 1.1 The Focus Of This Study 1.2 Approach To The Topic 1.3 The Significance Of The Study 1.4 The Development Of The Argument 2. A Survey Of The Headship Controversy And Its Background 2.1 Introduction 2.2 The Context Of The Headship Dispute 2.3 A Survey Of The Headship Dispute 2.4 Conclusion 3. Paul And The Hermeneutics Of The Gender And Trinity Debate 3.1 Introduction 3.2 The Gender And Trinity Argument: Themes And Variations 3.3 The Gender And Trinity Argument: Hermeneutical Assumptions 3.4 Response: Anthropology And Epistemology In 1 And 2 Corinthians 3.5 Conclusion 4. Setting The Exegetical Context: God, Church And World In 1 Corinthians 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Previous Studies Into Paul's Use Of cosmos4.3 An Exegetical Study Of Paul's Cosmology In 1 Corinthians 4.4 Conclusion 5. God, Gender And Cosmological Language In 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Preliminary Considerations 5.3 Exposition 5.4 Discussion 5.5 Conclusion 6. 1 Corinthians 11:2-16: Hermeneutical Problems And Strategies 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Hermeneutical Problems With Ancient Texts 6.3 Hermeneutical Problems With Ancient Gender Discourses 6.4 An Examination Of Representative Interpretative Strategies 6.5 Conclusion 7. Conclusion 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Towards A Theological Hermeneutic 7.3 Towards A Reading Of The Text 7.4 Epilogue