Paul and the Ancient Body Metaphor: Reassesing Parallels

Paul's image of the church as the "body" of Christ in 1 Cor 12:12-26 has been traced back to a wide variety of social and religious contexts, including Gnosticism, the Jewish Scriptures, Second Temple Jewish thought, rabbinic Judaism, the Christian Eucharistic tradition, Paul's &...

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Main Author: Brookins, Timothy (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Eisenbrauns 2016
In: Journal for the study of Paul and his letters
Year: 2016, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 75-98
Further subjects:B Theology
B Discourse
B Metaphors
B Body Image
B Judaism
B Christianity
B Literary rhetoric
B Stoicism
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