Kenneth E. Bailey
Kenneth E. Bailey (1930–2016) spent forty years studying and teaching the New Testament in the Middle East. His Through Peasant Eyes and Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes draw the gospels into conversation with the cultural world they came from.
Four essays from two issues, 2000 to 2012
2012
Two essays
The Women Prophets of Corinth: A Study of Aspects of 1 Corinthians 11:2-16Issue 5, 2012
1 Corinthians 11 has supplied 'regimental colors' for centuries of arguments about women in worship. Bailey reads the passage in its larger literary context (1 Cor…
Paul’s Theology of Sexual Practice: A Study of 1 Corinthians 6:9-20Issue 5, 2012
Bailey brings thirty-five years of work on 1 Corinthians to bear on chapter 6's strenuous teaching about sexual practice. Paul wrote the letter for the Corinthians…
2000
Two essays
Women in the New Testament: A Middle Eastern Cultural ViewIssue 1, 2000
Does the New Testament say yes or no to women in the church’s ministry? Kenneth Bailey reads the Gospels and Paul against their Middle Eastern setting,…
The Women Prophets of Corinth: A study of aspects of I Cor 11:2-16Issue 1, 2000
What was Paul asking of the women who prayed and prophesied in Corinth? Kenneth Bailey takes the passage on head coverings apart line by line, argues…