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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455996403321

Autore

Carter T. L (Timothy Leonard), <1963->

Titolo

Paul and the power of sin : redefining 'Beyond the pale' / / T.L. Carter [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-107-12514-6

9780511018991

0-511-17535-3

0-521-81041-8

1-280-41949-0

0-511-48788-6

0-511-04502-6

0-511-15565-4

0-511-32884-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 241 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Society for New Testament Studies monograph series ; ; 115

Disciplina

241/.3/092

Soggetti

Sin - Biblical teaching

Gentiles in the New Testament

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 210-226) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; FIGURES; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 GRID AND GROUP'; 3 PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL BOUNDARIES IN CORINTH; 4 EXCLUSIVE BOUNDARIES IN GALATIA; 5 SMALL BOUNDED GROUPS IN ROME; 6 INCLUSIVE BOUNDARIES IN ROME; 7 CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX OF SELECTED SUBJECTS; INDEX TO ANCIENT REFERENCES

Sommario/riassunto

Paul and the Power of Sin, first published in 2001, seeks to ground Paul's language of sin in the socio-cultural context of his original letters. T. L. Carter draws on the work of social anthropologist Mary Douglas to conduct a cross-cultural analysis of the symbolism of the power of sin in the letters, examining thoroughly Douglas' 'Grid and Group' model and defending its use as a heuristic tool for New



Testament scholars. He uses this model to examine the social location of Paul and the communities to which he wrote and offers a fresh insight into key passages from 1 Corinthians, Galatians and Romans. Carter concludes that an important part of Paul's purpose was to safeguard the position of law-free Gentile believers by redrawing social boundaries along eschatological rather than ethnic lines.