Gyní toú Patrós: : Analytic Kin Circumlocution and the Case for Corinthian Adultery
Modern exegesis of 1 Cor 5 has functioned under two assumptions: first, Paul's phrase γυνὴ τοῦ πατρός echoes similar locutions found in Leviticus or Deuteronomy, and, second, sexual liaisons between sons and their stepmothers were considered incestuous in Greco-Roman antiquity. By examining the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Scholar's Press
[2016]
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| In: |
Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2016, Volume: 135, Issue: 4, Pages: 827-847 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Corinthians 1. 5
/ Periphrasis
/ Stepmothers
/ Son
/ Love relationship
/ Concord
/ Incest
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament NCF Sexual ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Bible. Corinthians
B Bible Commentaries B ROMAN antiquities B periphrasis B ADULTERY in the Bible |
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| Summary: | Modern exegesis of 1 Cor 5 has functioned under two assumptions: first, Paul's phrase γυνὴ τοῦ πατρός echoes similar locutions found in Leviticus or Deuteronomy, and, second, sexual liaisons between sons and their stepmothers were considered incestuous in Greco-Roman antiquity. By examining the use of analytic kin circumlocution, this article argues that Paul's periphrasis not only is a standard circumlocution for μητρυιά ("stepmother") but also is constructed to highlight the particularly egregious nature of this affair: it is an inner-οἶκος adultery. Roman, Greek, and Second Temple Jewish data indicate that son-stepmother trysts, while especially offensive, were considered adulterous. By removing this perceived pentateuchal anchor, this article opens new possibilities for reading 1 Cor 5 as a test case in Paul's homonoia argument in 1 Cor 1-4 and suggests marriage and the οἶκος as a new latticework for holding together the disparate elements of 1 Cor 5-7. |
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| ISSN: | 1934-3876 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Biblical literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.15699/jbl.1354.2016.157466 |