In Vino Veritas and Its Possible Application to 1 Corinthians 11:21: The Revelatory Role of Wine in a House Church Setting in Light of Graeco-Roman Culture
This article investigates the role of wine in the specific context of the shared meal practice in the early Christian community of Roman Corinth. Most discussions of 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 focus upon the poor being neglected in the distribution of food when the church assembles together. This invest...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2016
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Neotestamentica
Year: 2016, Volume: 50, Issue: 2, Pages: 477-505 |
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| Summary: | This article investigates the role of wine in the specific context of the shared meal practice in the early Christian community of Roman Corinth. Most discussions of 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 focus upon the poor being neglected in the distribution of food when the church assembles together. This investigation considers a secondary issue in the text: an alternate way of understanding how the drinking of wine may have played a role in one brother judging another under the conditions likely to occur in a house church setting. |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/neo.2016.0055 |