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



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Autore: May Alistair Scott Visualizza persona
Titolo: The body for the Lord [[electronic resource] ] : sex and identity in 1 Corinthians 5-7 / / Alistair Scott May Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark International, c2004
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (313 p.)
Disciplina: 227.2
Soggetto topico: Sex in the Bible
Marriage - Biblical teaching
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
Titolo autorizzato: The body for the Lord  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-19225-X
9786613192257
0-567-05427-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910829100603321
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Serie: Journal for the study of the New Testament. . -Supplement series ; ; 278. Library of New Testament studies.