‘A Little Yeast Leavens the Whole Batch of Dough’: Incest and Pollution in 1 Corinthians 5
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-Roma...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2024
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Journal for the study of the New Testament
Jahr: 2024, Band: 46, Heft: 3, Seiten: 349-372 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Bibel. Korintherbrief 1. 5,5
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/ Inzucht
/ Verschmutzung
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| IxTheo Notationen: | HC Neues Testament KAB Kirchengeschichte 30-500; Frühchristentum NCA Ethik |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Pollution
B Incest B 1 Corinthians B Satan B Paul |
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5294 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the New Testament
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0142064X231218399 |