Abortion and the Apostolate : : A Study in Pauline Conversion, Rhetoric, and Scholarship / / Matthew W. Mitchell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2015
• VerfasserIn: Mitchell, Matthew W.,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Language: English
• Series: Gorgias Biblical Studies ; 42
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; PREFACE --; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --; ABBREVIATIONS --; INTRODUCTION --; 1. RHETORICAL CRITICISM AND PAUL --; 2. GALATIANS 1:15-17, CONVERSION, AND THE GENTILES --; 3. GALATIANS 1-2: APOSTLESHIP & AUTHORITY IN CONFLICT --; 4. CONTEXTUALIZING 1 CORINTHIANS 15:8 --; 5. PAUL THE ABORTION --; 6. F. C. BAUR, CONFLICT, AND THE RHETORIC OF REPUTATION --; 7. CONCLUSION: SCHOLARLY RHETORIC --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463236229; 9783110663037; 9783110716849
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463236229
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Matthew W. Mitchell.

This book argues that it is the rejection of Paul's claims to be an apostle in the same sense as the other apostles that ultimately underlies his "mission to the Gentiles." This argument is advanced through a careful analysis of Paul's references to his "conversion" in Galatians 1:15-17 and 1 Corinthians 15:8, paying particular attention to Paul's evocative use of the language of abortion. The contextualization of this curious self-description in 1 Corinthians 15:8 draws upon a growing body of work concerning an area of ancient life that continues to fascinate and perplex moderns; the exposure of unwanted infants.