Record Nr.

UNINA9910789685303321

Autore

Cheung Alex T (Alex Tat-Man), <1960->

Titolo

Idol food in Corinth : Jewish background and Pauline legacy / / Alex T. Cheung

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Sheffield : , : Sheffield Academic, , [1999]
©1999

ISBN

1-283-20142-9

9786613201423

0-567-64385-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (371 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; ; 176

Library of New Testament studies

Disciplina

227.206

Soggetti

Votive offerings - Biblical teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [323]-349) and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; THE SOCIAL MEANING OF EATING IDOL FOOD; 1. The Nature and Occasions of Eating Idol Food; 2. The Social Significance of Meals; 3. Some Implications for the Problem of Idol Food in Corinth; Chapter 2; THE BACKGROUND TO PAUL'S ATTITUDE TO IDOL FOOD IN EARLY JUDAISM; 1. The Jewish Scriptures; 2. Jewish Apocryphal Writings; 3. Jewish Pseudepigraphical Writings; 4. Qumran; 5. Philo; 6. Josephus; 7. Rabbinic Writings; 8. Pagan Authors on Jewish Attitude; 9. Implications for our Understanding of Paul's Attitude to Idol Food

EXEGETICAL INVESTIGATION OF 1 CORINTHIANS 8.1-11.11. Literary Integrity of 1 Corinthians 8.1-11.1; 2. The Nature of the Problem in Corinth and Paul's Response; 3. An Alternative Understanding of Paul's Approach to £i5coA,66\)Ta; 4. Conclusion; THE EARLY CHRISTIANS' UNDERSTANDING OF PAUL'S ATTITUDE TO IDOL FOOD; 1. The State of Research; 2. Assumptions and General Remarks; 3. The Book of Acts; 4. Revelation; 5. 6 Ezra; 6. The Apostolic Fathers; 7. Pagan References to Early Christian Attitudes toward Idol Food; 8. The Apologists; 9. Irenaeus; 10. Marcion; 11. The Gnostics; 12. Tertullian

13. Minucius Felix14. Clement of Alexandria; 15. Origen; 17. The

Apostolic Constitutions; 18. Jewish Christianity; 19. Later Patristic Writers; 20. Conclusions; SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS; 1. Summary; 2. The Origins of Paul's Approach; 3. Concluding Hermeneutical Reflections; Appendix; EVALUATION OF SOME MAJOR STUDIES; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This historical and exegetical investigation strongly challenges the widely held view that Paul regarded idol food as a matter of indifference, to be avoided only for the sake of the spiritual health of the weak. An exhaustive treatment of early Christian material shows that early authors were deeply influenced by Paul's discussion in 1 Corinthians 8-10, and yet they were totally unaware of the subsequent traditional understanding that Paul regarded idol food as indifferent. Even those who advocated eating idol food did not once appeal to Paul's discussion for support. An alternative understan