Published in Open Theology
This article reads the veiling instructions in 1 Corinthians 11:1–16 through Paul’s appeal to creation. The letter positions both genders in God, and it follows contemporary Jewish literature in assigning angels to creation and gender interdependence. Ascetic, unmarried, and married persons found inclusion in this vision of the body of Christ.
Published in Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft
Within the NT, the expression ἐν παντὶ τόπῳ is found only in the Pauline corpus (1Cor 1,2; 2Cor 2,14; 1Thess 1,8; 1Tim 2,8). In 1Cor 1,2, traditionally the phrase has been considered as having an adverbial sense. However, the presence of the specific adverb πανταχοῦ for conveying the same meaning in 4,17 might point to some intentionality in the us...
Although the significance of animal sacrifice in ancient Greek religion has long been recognized, the significance of images of the gods, both anthropomorphic and non-anthropomorphic, has been often overlooked, and certainly undertheorized. Focusing on images of the gods in ancient Greek religion as objects of piety solves several problems. First, ...
Plusieurs textes du Nouveau Testament permettent d’envisager une forme de généralisation de la prophétie au sein du christianisme naissant. Cela tranche avec l’absence relative d’une attente similaire au sein du judaïsme intertestamentaire, mise en évidence par une enquête au sein des littératures juives antiques. Une analyse des sources chrétienne...
Published in Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum / Journal of Ancient Christianity
The present article provides the first complete edition of all extant Syriac extracts from Cyril of Alexandria’s commentary on 1 Corinthians. In the article, the extracts are translated into German and extensively analysed for the first time. The analysis relates to both the language and the theological content of the edited texts. Moreover, a deta...
The article reopens the file of sources, parallels and rewritings of 1 Cor 2.9, a saying that Paul attributes to some written source, when others sources put it into Jesus' mouth (e.g. GosThom 17). A state of research highlights that the hypothesis of an oral source is generally preferred but an accurate study of 1 Clem 34.8, a parallel too often n...
Published in Perichoresis
This paper discusses competing notions of the concept of ‘order’ in the Admonition Controversy with respect to the interpretation of the decorum of 1 Corinthians 14:26-30, a text principally concerned with order in worship. As the controversy ensued the understanding of ‘order’ broadened to include church discipline and polity, both Puritan and Con...
IBITA, MA. MARILOU S. TITLE: The Narrative of the Lord s Supper in 1 Cor 11:17-34 and Its I mplications for a Hungry World: A Narrative-Critical and Historical-Crit ical Analysis and a Normativity of the Future Approach The doctoral project is a study of 1 Cor 11:17-34 in view of the current academic trend of exploring the letters of Paul from a na...
My study is a first step toward understanding the lived experience of the earliest followers of Christ. Restricting my study to Paul’s portrayal of believers in 1 Corinthians, I focus where Paul’s anthropology, eschatology, and ethics converge, asking: How does Paul propose believers live as bodies in the eschatological tension that comprises Chris...
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