1 Corinthians 7:17–24. Identity and human dignity amidst power and liminality

Verbum et Ecclesia

 
 
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Title 1 Corinthians 7:17–24. Identity and human dignity amidst power and liminality
 
Creator Punt, Jeremy
 
Subject Theology; Biblical Studies; New Testament Paul; Post-apartheid South Africa; Slavery; Gender; Sexuality; Ethnicity
Description Paul’s concern with identity, and in particular the identity of the believer in relation to Jesus Christ, is an important concern in his writings. In the midst of an important section dedicated to advice and instruction on marriage in his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul encouraged his audience in 1 Corinthians 7:17–24 to remain in the calling by, or position in, which they were called. Concerning these circumstances he refers to circumcision (1 Cor 7:18–19) and slavery (1 Cor 7:21–23) by name. These Pauline instructions are investigated against the backdrop of both the 1st century CE context and post-apartheid South Africa, where issues of identity and marginality rub shoulders with claims to ownership and entitlement, on the one hand, and issues of human dignity, on the other.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor National Research Foundation, South Africa
Date 2012-04-19
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — —
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/ve.v33i1.683
 
Source Verbum et Ecclesia; Vol 33, No 1 (2012); 9 pages 2074-7705 1609-9982
 
Language eng
 
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Coverage Ancient Mediterannean First Century —
Rights Copyright (c) 2012 Jeremy Punt https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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