Whether Jews, Whether Greeks: Was 1 Cor. 15:29 Addressed to Jewish Disciples of Jesus?
A satisfying solution for 1 Corinthians 15:29 remains to be achieved, and this certainly justifies new directions of investigation. This article, then, focuses on two main issues: a) an indirect middle reading of baptizomenoi and baptizontai instead of permissive middle or passive, and b) Jewish bur...
| Published in: | The Evangelical quarterly |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2016
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| In: |
The Evangelical quarterly
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament HD Early Judaism NBP Sacramentology; sacraments |
| Further subjects: | B
Christian Life
B Jewish way of life B Baptism B BIBLE. Corinthians, 1st B Jewish burial practices B baptizing the dead B Disciples of Christ B Paul, The Apostle, Saint B indirect middle voice |
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| Summary: | A satisfying solution for 1 Corinthians 15:29 remains to be achieved, and this certainly justifies new directions of investigation. This article, then, focuses on two main issues: a) an indirect middle reading of baptizomenoi and baptizontai instead of permissive middle or passive, and b) Jewish burial practices performed in hope of the resurrection. Jews purified their deceased prior to burial in the Second Temple. Jewish belief in bodily resurrection was wide-spread, though not universal. Paul's argument in 1 Cor. 15:29, then, may engage certain Jewish disciples of Jesus who believed he is the Messiah, and was resurrected, but who, like the Sadducees, denied a last-day resurrection. Paul may have enlisted Jewish burial practices and an unusual Greek construction to support the concept of resurrection. |
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| ISSN: | 2772-5472 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The Evangelical quarterly
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/27725472-08804004 |