The Roots of a ‘Libertine’ Slogan in 1 Corinthians 6:18
Taking as its starting point Jerome Murphy-O’Connor's thesis that 1 Cor. 6:18b (‘every sin that a person commits is outside the body’) represents a Corinthian slogan, this essay suggests that a social, cultural, and religious matrix existed at Corinth from which the Corinthians could easily hav...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2008
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2008, Volume: 59, Issue: 1, Pages: 63-95 |
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| Summary: | Taking as its starting point Jerome Murphy-O’Connor's thesis that 1 Cor. 6:18b (‘every sin that a person commits is outside the body’) represents a Corinthian slogan, this essay suggests that a social, cultural, and religious matrix existed at Corinth from which the Corinthians could easily have constructed a slogan similar to that which Murphy-O’Connor envisages. Available evidence suggests that this slogan was developed, in part, by the convergence of at least two major tributaries: (a) a non-Christian or Hellenistic-Roman stream (including popular philosophy and incipient Gnosticism), and (b) a Christian or Jesuanic current, flowing most probably from Paul. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flm141 |