Shame the incestuous man
This paper will explore the relationship between Paul's rhetoric of honor and shame and the social status of the incestuous man of 1 Cor 5. Recent work by Andrew Clark and John Chow has demonstrated the incestuous man was part of the Corinthian elite and he was a patron within the Corinthian co...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2010
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Neotestamentica
Year: 2010, Volume: 44, Issue: 2, Pages: 307-326 |
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| Summary: | This paper will explore the relationship between Paul's rhetoric of honor and shame and the social status of the incestuous man of 1 Cor 5. Recent work by Andrew Clark and John Chow has demonstrated the incestuous man was part of the Corinthian elite and he was a patron within the Corinthian congregation. Thus, the reason the man's incest has not been addressed was due to his position of power with the congregation. However, Paul's argument in 1 Cor 5 is based on Paul presenting Jesus as the "super-patron" over all in the Corinthian congregation in the exordium of 1:4-9. Thus, this man has shamed Jesus by his incest. In 1 Cor 5 Paul employs a rhetoric of honor and shame as he calls upon Jesus' clients to shame the one who has shamed Jesus their super-patron. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/EJC83391 |