Urgency and Severity: Pauline Rationale for Expulsion in 1 Corinthians 5:1-13 / / David E. Bosworth.

• Superior document: Biblical Interpretation Series ; 221
• VerfasserIn: Bosworth, David E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2024.; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Biblical Interpretation Series ; 221; Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2024.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (326 pages)

When Paul heard that a Christ-follower in Corinth was in an incestuous relationship with his stepmother, the apostle insisted the man be removed immediately from the congregation. This dramatic response is surprising, as Paul responds to other serious situations with much less vehemence. Why did Pau...

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• 1 A Vexing Situation in Corinth
•  1 An Imbroglio
•  2 Social Scientific Criticism: Heuristic Tool
•  3 Psychological Models: Social Identity
•  4 Sociological Models: Ethics, Honor and Ritual
•  5 Critical Suppositions
•  6 Conclusion
• 2 The Ecclesia as Bounded Entity
•  1 Lexical Choices Indicating Group Boundedness
•  2 Group Boundedness in Corinth
•  3 Examples of Identity-Forming Constructs
•  4 Conclusion
• 3 Pauline Emphasis of Ethics and Ethos
•  1 Liminality in Corinth
•  2 Moral Ethos of Pagan Corinth
•  3 Ethical Distinction and Sensitivity to Outsiders
•  4 Conclusion
• 4 Roman Perceptions of Incest
•  1 Paul’s Reason for Referencing Gentiles
•  2 Establishing a Roman View of Incest
•  3 Extant Evidence for a Roman View of Incest
•  4 Other Sources
•  5 Conclusion
• 5 Derogation as Means of Witness
•  1 Mediterranean Values of Honor and Shame
•  2 Honor, Shame and Derogation in 1 Corinthians 5:1–13
•  3 Conclusion
• 6 Eucharist and the Immoral Man
•  1 Commensality as a Social Phenomenon
•  2 Commensal Ritual and Social Identity
•  3 Sympotic Exclusion in 1 Corinthians 5:6–8
•  4 Conclusion
• 7 Reputation as Criteria for Expulsion
•  1 The Argument, in Short
•  2 Benefits of This Study
•  3 Conclusion
• Bibliography
• Index.