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ReligionsThe historical approach to New Testament rhetorical criticism uses ancient Greco-Roman rhetorical theory and practice to better understand the rhetoric and rhetorical context of the New Testament.
Timothy J. Christian
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'Wisdom' and 'Knowledge' in 1 Corinthians [PDF]
Tyndale Bulletin, 1974 E. E. Ellis
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Understanding Paul as an Antitype of Job: The Joban Allusion in 2 Corinthians 12:1–10
ReligionsA careful reading of 2 Corinthians 12:1–10 reveals that the passage shares several motifs with the Book of Job: (1) a supernatural adversary, (2) physical suffering, (3) an otherworldly place, (4) social adversity, (5) affluence, and (6) boasting.
Sanghwan Lee
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Pauline Privilege: A Pastoral concern in the South African Catholic Church [PDF]
Pharos Journal of Theology, 2022 The study aims at initiating a productive dialogue on the issue of Pauline privilege (privilegium Paulinum) in a South African context. Pauline privilege is basically a Roman Catholic church instrument for resolving marriage problems by dissolving ...
Dr. Cyril Arima
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Footwashing in the Context of 1 Corinthians 11:23-25: Some Theological Reflections
Journal of Mother-Tongue Biblical Hermeneutics and Theology, 2022 There is the tendency to cite Paul’s obvious silence on the rite of foot washing in 1 Corinthians 11:23-25 as evidence of not perpetuating the practice in the Christian Church.
Peter Obeng Manu , Kenneth Oppong
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2021 The hermeneutical process underlying Paul’s exegesis of Exodus 17:6 and Numbers 20:7–11 in 1 Corinthians 10:1–4. In this article, Paul’s use of the Old Testament in 1 Corinthians 10:1–4 comes under scrutiny.
Jacobus D.W. de Koning
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Queerer Meals: Paul and Communal Anti-Norms in Corinth [PDF]
Journal for Interdisciplinary Biblical Studies, 2021 This article employs two strategies to understand Paul’s dissatisfaction with the meal practice of the Corinthian assembly in 1 Corinthians 11:17-31. First, it uses a form of queer reading to interrogate the text for its assumptions about normativity and
Eric C. Smith
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Tyndale Bulletin, 2004 How significant is 1 Corinthians 1–4 in the epistle as a whole? Paul approaches specifically the problem of food offered to idols in essentially the same manner as he approaches the problem of divisions over leaders.
E. Coye III Still
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The Greco-Roman Rhetoric Background of Sophia in 1 Corinthians 1-4
Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University, 2019 It seems that the Corinthians appreciated rhetorical eloquence and had therefore esteemed their teachers according to their rhetorical abilities.
Mihăilă Corin
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1 Korintiërs 15:49b: ’n Hortatief- of futurumlesing?
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 1993 1 Corinthians 15;49b: A hortative or future reading? The didactical context within chapter 15 of 1 Corinthians furnishes the reason why the publishers of the Greek New Testament and the majority of exegetes preferred the future textual variant ...
S. P. Botha
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