RT Article
T1 ‘A Little Yeast Leavens the Whole Batch of Dough’: Incest and Pollution in 1 Corinthians 5
JF Journal for the study of the New Testament
VO 46
IS 3
SP 349
OP 372
A1 Johnson, Ethan
LA English
PB Sage
YR 2024
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1881414604
AB Paul commands the Corinthians to give an incestuous man to Satan in 1 Cor. 5.5. Scholars often see this as a punishment for sin, but why does incest require this particular response? This article offers an answer by reading 1 Cor. 5 in light of other discussions of incest and pollution in Greco-Roman literature. It highlights connections between incest, pollution, and communal danger and explores means of resolving pollution. It then examines Paul’s discussion of incest in 1 Cor. 5.5 and concludes that his instructions concerning the incestuous man follow a logic common in ancient discussions of incest and pollution.
K1 Satan
K1 Pollution
K1 Paul
K1 Incest
K1 1 Corinthians
DO 10.1177/0142064X231218399