‘Being Saved without Honor’: A Conceptual Link between 1 Corinthians 3 and 1Enoch 50?

Do early Jewish and Christian traditions of eschatological salvation include the possibility of an inferior or diminished state of ‘being saved’ for certain individuals? This article explores the possibility that both 1 Cor. 3.10-15 and 1 En. 50.1-5 represent either a common eschatological tradition...

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Main Author: Herms, Ronald (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2006
In: Journal for the study of the New Testament
Year: 2006, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 187-210
Further subjects:B judgment metaphors
B 1 Corinthians 3
B apocalyptic eschatology
B 1 Enoch 50
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Summary:Do early Jewish and Christian traditions of eschatological salvation include the possibility of an inferior or diminished state of ‘being saved’ for certain individuals? This article explores the possibility that both 1 Cor. 3.10-15 and 1 En. 50.1-5 represent either a common eschatological tradition or similar rhetorical strategy. Each passage is evaluated in its own literary setting with a view to determining its author’s rhetorical objective. The results are compared in order to ascertain whether Paul employs an eschatological description of ‘being saved without honor’, which also appears in early Jewish literature and, if so, whether he does this on grounds uniquely his own.
ISSN:1745-5294
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the New Testament
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0142064X06072838