"When you were gentiles": specters of ethnicity in Roman Corinth and Paul's Corinthian correspondence

Cavan W. Concannon makes a significant contribution to Pauline studies by imagining the responses of the Corinthians to Paul's letters. Based on surviving written materials and archaeological research, this book offers a textured portrait of the ancient Corinthians with whom Paul conversed, arg...

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Main Author: Concannon, Cavan W. 1979- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: New Haven and London Yale University Press [2014]
In:Year: 2014
Reviews:[Rezension von: Concannon, Cavan W., 1979-, "When you were gentiles" : specters of ethnicity in Roman Corinth and Paul's Corinthian correspondence] (2021) (Stenschke, Christoph W., 1966 -)
[Rezension von: Concannon, Cavan W., 1979-, "When you were gentiles" : specters of ethnicity in Roman Corinth and Paul's Corinthian correspondence] (2017) (Sumney, Jerry)
Series/Journal:Synkrisis: comparative approaches to early Christianity in Greco-Roman culture
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Corinthians 1.-2. / Corinth / Roman time / Ethnicity
Further subjects:B Bible. Corinthians Criticism, interpretation, etc
B Ethnicity in the Bible
B Ethnic identity
B Paulus
B Bible
B Gentiles in the Bible
B Corinth
B RELIGION ; Biblical Studies ; New Testament
B RELIGION ; Biblical Studies ; Paul's Letters
B RELIGION ; Biblical Studies ; History & Culture
B Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Cavan W. Concannon makes a significant contribution to Pauline studies by imagining the responses of the Corinthians to Paul's letters. Based on surviving written materials and archaeological research, this book offers a textured portrait of the ancient Corinthians with whom Paul conversed, argued, debated, and partnered, focusing on issues of ethnicity, civic identity, politics, and empire
pt. 1 Corinth and Corinthians between Greece and Rome -- Becoming all things: Paul and the rhetoric of ethic malleability -- Marketplaces, merchant ships, and festivals: negotiating identities in Corinth -- Speech, flattery, and the negotiation of identity for "some" Corinthians -- pt. 2 Corinth and Corinithians between past and present -- Walking in the wilderness: Israelite ancestors in the Corinthian correspondence -- "In the city of Peirene": claiming, erasing, and challenging the past in Corinth -- Usable pasts in the Corinthian wilderness: spirits, specters, and negotiations of identity at the crossroads -- Conclusing: haunted futures.
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-296) and index
ISBN:0300209592