Paul and the Creation of a Counter-cultural Community: A Rhetorical Analysis of 1 COR. 5-11.1 in Light of the Social Lives of the Corinthians (The Library of New Testament Studies): 509

Sin-pan Daniel Ho

ISBN 10: 0567655881 / ISBN 13: 9780567655882

Published by Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Paul and the Creation of a Counter-cultural Community: A Rhetorical Analysis of 1 COR. 5-11.1 in Light of the Social Lives of the Corinthians (The Library of New Testament Studies): 509
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T&T Clark
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0567655881
• ISBN 13: 9780567655882
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This study offers a new interpretation of 1 Corinthians 5-11:1. Taking a social identity approach, Ho investigates the inner logic of Paul from the ears of the Corinthian correspondence.

Ho argues that Paul consistently indoctrinates new values for the audience to uphold which are against the mainstream of social values in the surrounding society. It is shown that Paul does not engage in issues of internal schism per se, but rather in the question of the distinctive values insiders should uphold so as to be recognisable to outsiders. While church is neither a sectarian nor an accommodating community, it should maintain constant social contact with outsiders so as to bring the gospel of Christ to them. In addition, insiders should practice radical values that could challenge the existing shared social values prevalent in the urban city of Corinth. These new values are based mainly on Scripture, ancient Jewish literature and the new social identity of the church defined by Jesus Christ. This fresh interpretation renders the logical flow, unitary design and coherence of 1 Cor 5 -11.1 more apparent.

About the Authors

Rev. Dr. Sin-pan Daniel Ho is Assistant professor of New Testament in Lutheran Theological Seminary, Hong Kong.

Chris Keith is Research Professor of New Testament and Early Christianity at MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society, Norway. He is the author of The Pericope Adulterae, the Gospel of John and the Literacy of Jesus, a winner of the 2010 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise, and Jesus' Literacy: Scribal Culture and the Teacher from Galilee. He is also the co-editor of Jesus among Friends and Enemies: A Historical and Literary Introduction to Jesus in the Gospels, and was recently named a 2012 Society of Biblical Literature Regional Scholar.