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Scriptural Re-Interpretation and Social Identity Negotiation in the Corinthian Letters
Religions, 2023 This article describes the socially formative function of the Corinthian letters and the role that Paul’s reinterpretation of scripture plays in shaping the Corinthians’ social identity.
Darlene M. Seal
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International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Ancient ideas about human transformation and divinization have resurfaced in our cultural moment. Artificial intelligence and biotechnology are raising afresh questions about what it means to be human and divine. The Oxford Handbook of Deification has arrived on the scene as its subject matter has splashed out of theological discourse into the
Andrew J. Byers
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Journal of Biblical Literature, 1983 thian church, as well as on Paul's reply to the situation at Corinth; it would enable us to see a bit more of the way in which sayings of Jesus were collected and used in the early church; and from the point of view of the synoptic problem, it might furnish some evidence for the existence of Q independent of the synoptic tradition itself.
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Interpreting Barth's Eschatology: An Eco‐Theological Reappraisal
International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Critical eco‐theologians do not consider Karl Barth's theology of creation helpful in addressing the contemporary ecological crisis. In this article, I explore a way to interpret Barth's theology that could lead to a fruitful eco‐theological perspective.
Othniël de Jong
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1 Corinthians 7 in the Light of the Jewish Greek and Aramaic Marriage and Divorce Papyri
Tyndale Bulletin, 2001 The first half of this study explored 1 Corinthians 7 in the light of the Graeco-Roman Greek and Latin marriage and divorce papyri.1 These papyri showed that much of 1 Corinthians 7 has its basis in Graeco-Roman vocabulary and social structures.
David Instone-Brewer
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Spiritually gifted and divided? A text-centred interpretation of 1 Corinthians 12:1–31a
In die SkrifligThis article interpreted the persuasion of the Corinthians who claimed to be spiritually gifted yet divided. This article showed how Paul persuaded them not to be divided in 1 Corinthians 12:1–31a from a text-centred rhetorical perspective, which is ...
Tsholofelo J. Kukuni
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The comforted comforter: The meaning of παρακαλέω or παράκλησις terminology in 2 Corinthians
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2011 In the Pauline homologoumena, παρακαλέω or παράκλησις terminology is used almost two and a half times (in 2 Corinthians even six and a half times) as frequently as in the remainder of the New Testament.
Reimund Bieringer
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TEOLOGI KEHENDAK BEBAS: LANDASAN TEOLOGI STRATEGI PEMURIDAN TERHADAP PERILAKU SEKSUAL
The Way, 2023 This study aims to formulate theology of free will as the theological foundation of discipleship strategy of sexual behavior based on 1 Corinthians 6:12-20.
Terry Kadarisman +2 more
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Becoming Dostoevsky (how Rowan Williams opens up Bakhtin)
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract With the end of Communism in Russia, non‐materialist contexts were enthusiastically restored to Mikhail Bakhtin's globally famous ideas of carnival, dialogism, and polyphony. This essay surveys Rowan Williams's 2008 study Dostoevsky: Language, Faith + Fiction as a major contribution to this effort, concentrating on those general philosophical ...
Caryl Emerson
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Desire spiritual gifts that edify: A text-generated persuasion of 1 Corinthians 14:1–40
Verbum et EcclesiaPaul’s first epistle to the Corinthian church details the various problems it faced, with the primary issue in 1 Corinthians 14 being the use of spiritual gifts. Churches today are not free from similar issues, making Paul’s letter particularly relevant,
Tsholofelo J. Kukuni
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