Christianity at Corinth : the quest for the Pauline church / edited by Edward Adams and David G. Horrell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Adams, Edward.

Horrell, David G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Corinthians--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Corinthians.

Corinth (Greece)--Church history.

Corinth (Greece).

Physical Description:

xx, 332 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, 2004.

Summary:

First Corinthians provides a unique glimpse info the life of a young Christian community in a Gracco-Roman environment during the early decades of emerging Christianity. It supplies a range and richness of information about the early church that is unparalleled by any other New Testament document. Much effort has gone into reconstructing Christianity at Corinth; more recently, attention has focused on the Corinthian community itself. The scholarly picture of the Corinthian Christians throughout the period of modern interpretation has been far from constant, and their profile has altered as interpretive fashions have shifted. This collection of classic and new essays charts the history of the scholarly quest for the Corinthian church from F.C. Baur to the present day, and offers the reflections of leading scholars on where the quest has taken us and on its future direction.

Contents:

Introduction: The Scholarly Quest for Paul's Church at Corinth: A Critical Survey / David G. Horrell, Edward Adams 1

Part I Extracts from the History of Scholarship on Christianity at Corinth

1 The Two Epistles to the Corinthians (1845; ET 1873) / Ferdinand Christian Baur 51

2 The Church without Factions: Studies in I Corinthians 1-4 (1952; ET 1959) / Johannes Munck 61

3 The Corinthian Christology (1956; ET 1971) / Walter Schmithals 71

4 Christianity at Corinth (1964) / C. K. Barrett 79

5 Paul and the Church at Corinth (1967) / Nils A. Dahl 85

6 Social Stratification in the Corinthian Community: A Contribution to the Sociology of Early Hellenistic Christianity (1974; ET 1982) / Gerd Theissen 97

7 Realized Eschatology at Corinth (1978) / Anthony C. Thiselton 107

8 Gnosis in Corinth: I Corinthians 8.1-6 (1981) / Richard A. Horsley 119

9 House-Churches and the Eucharist (2002; first published 1983) / Jerome Murphy-O'Connor 129

10 Discord in Corinth: First Corinthians 1-4 and Ancient Politics (1997; first published 1987) / Laurence L. Welborn 139

11 Rhetorical Situation and Historical Reconstruction in 1 Corinthians (1987) / Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza 145

12 Women Holy in Body and Spirit: The Social Setting of 1 Corinthians 7 (1990) / Margaret Y. MacDonald 161

13 [characters not reproducible] in 1 Corinthians (1991) / Michael D. Goulder 173

14 Thessalonica and Corinth: Social Contrasts in Pauline Christianity (1992) / John M. G. Barclay 183

15 The Rich Patron (1992) / John K. Chow 197

16 Stoicism, [characters not reproducible] and Community at Corinth (1992) / Terence Paige 207

17 The Social Status of Erastus (Rom. 16:23) (1996) / Justin J. Meggitt 219

18 1 Corinthians: A Case Study of Paul's Assembly as an Alternative Society (1997) / Richard A. Horsley 227

Part II Methodological Reflections

19 Sources: Use, Abuse, Neglect. The Importance of Ancient Popular Culture / Justin J. Meggitt 241

20 The Methods of Historical Reconstruction in the Scholarly 'Recovery' of Corinthian Christianity / Bengt Holmberg 255

21 The Shifting Centre: Ideology and the Interpretation of 1 Corinthians / Margaret Y. MacDonald 273

22 Reconstructions of Corinthian Christianity and the Interpretation of 1 Corinthians / James D. G. Dunn 295.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

0664224784

OCLC:

52594650