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The Dictionary of Paul and His Letters is a one-of-a-kind reference work. Following the format of its highly successful companion volume, the Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, this Dictionary is designed to bring students, teachers, ministers and laypeople abreast of the established conclusions and significant recent developments in Pauline scholarship. No other single reference works...

Paul used the term kephalē (“head”) in ways that demonstrate a variety of meanings, sometimes blending both literal and figurative values in a single passage. In some texts he suggests more than one meaning for the word. “Head” is for him in the first place a literal member of the body (1 Cor 12:21), but the meaning of the term when applied to man in relation to woman, or to Christ, has been extensively debated (see Man and Woman). Paul’s use of kephalē must be understood against the background
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