Revisiting the problem of 1 Corinthians 7:21
This essay examines the exciting changes in the status quaestionis of New Testament scholarship on Paul and slavery that has opened up pathways of research not thought possible a quartercentury ago. The author revisits the problem of 1 Cor 7:21, longstanding as a crux since the patristic era of John...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2020
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Biblical research
Year: 2020, Volume: 65, Pages: 77-94 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Corinthians 1. 7,21
/ Paul Apostle
/ John, Chrysostomus 344-407
/ Vettius, Valens ca. 2.Jh.
/ Slavery
/ Topicality
/ USA
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity KBP America |
| Further subjects: | B
Vettius Valens of Antioch
B 1 Corinthians 7:21 B Early Christianity B John Chrysostom B mallon chrēsai (Greek phrase) B slavery in the United States B slaves and slavery B Paul B Patristic Exegesis |
| Summary: | This essay examines the exciting changes in the status quaestionis of New Testament scholarship on Paul and slavery that has opened up pathways of research not thought possible a quartercentury ago. The author revisits the problem of 1 Cor 7:21, longstanding as a crux since the patristic era of John Chrysostom, to offer important corrections to his previous 1994 attempt at a solution (“Paul and Slavery: The Problem of 1 Corinthians 7:21,” BR39 [1994]: 5–28), breaking new ground for the possibilities of future work. The thesis is twofold. First, the closest syntactical analogue to Paul’s mallon chrēsai construction still is from Vettius Valens, a second-century CE professional astrologer.Second, Chrysostom has shaped historical criticism toward seeing a crux in 1 Cor 7:21. Comparative case studies on the Bible and slavery in nineteenth-century American history frame the retrospective, and autobiographical reflections shape the piece. |
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| ISSN: | 0067-6535 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Biblical research
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