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Record Nr.

UNINA9910829100603321

Autore

May Alistair Scott

Titolo

The body for the Lord [[electronic resource] ] : sex and identity in 1 Corinthians 5-7 / / Alistair Scott May

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark International, c2004

ISBN

1-283-19225-X

9786613192257

0-567-05427-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; ; 278

Library of New Testament studies

Disciplina

227.2

Soggetti

Sex in the Bible

Marriage - Biblical teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revision of author's thesis (Ph.D)--University of Glasgow, 2001.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Editorial Board; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 IDENTITY IN THEORY; Chapter 2 SEX AND SELF-DEFINITION AMONG THE ROMAN ELITE (A CASE STUDY); Chapter 3 SOCIAL DYNAMICS AND RHETORIC IN 1 CORINTHIANS; Chapter 4 PUTTING THE πÓρνΟι  IN THEIR PLACE (5.1-13); Chapter 5 LAWSUITS BEFORE THE αδ́ιkΟι (6.1-11); Chapter 6 THE πÓρvη AND THE πoρvεíα (6.12-20); Chapter 7 READING 1 CORINTHIANS 7; Chapter 8 MARRIAGE, RENUNCIATION AND SOCIAL CONTEXT; Chapter 9 REREADING 1 CORINTHIANS 7; CONCLUSION: THE BODY FOR THE LORD; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Index of References

Index of Modern Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Alistair May explores the part played by sexual ethics and the rhetoric of sexual morality in the formation of Christian identity by focusing on the longest discussion of sex in the New Testament - 1Corinthians 5-7. Viewing this passage as a unified discourse, he considers how Paul's ethics serve to give his converts a distinct identity. Although tools from the social sciences are used, the major focus of the work is in careful exegesis of the text. As the study progresses through the text of 1Corinthians 5-7, May argues that Paul strives to maintain an absolute



distinction between insider and