A Synthetic Proposal about the Corinthian Resurrection Deniers
Most standard analyses of the identification of the deniers of the resurrection and the nature of their denial in 1 Cor 15:12 evaluate three sets of options: denial of any post-mortem fate, over-realized eschatology, or dualistic anthropology from Greco-Roman philosophy. The author argues that all o...
| Published in: | Novum Testamentum |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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Novum Testamentum
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Corinthians 1. 15,12
/ Bible. Corinthians 1. 15
/ Greece (Antiquity)
/ Religion
/ Philosophy
/ Resurrection
/ Rejection of
/ Negation
/ Myth
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| IxTheo Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism BE Greco-Roman religions HC New Testament VA Philosophy |
| Further subjects: | B
resurrection myths
B Greco-Roman philosophy B resurrection deniers B Greco-Roman religion B 1 Cor 15 |
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| Summary: | Most standard analyses of the identification of the deniers of the resurrection and the nature of their denial in 1 Cor 15:12 evaluate three sets of options: denial of any post-mortem fate, over-realized eschatology, or dualistic anthropology from Greco-Roman philosophy. The author argues that all of these theories are inadequate, and proposes a theory that identifies the Corinthian resurrection deniers as a cross-section of members from upper and lower classes, with varying levels of education, whose denial of the general resurrection emerges from a variety of sources in philosophy and the myths of popular religion. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5365 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Novum Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685365-12341663 |