The Election of Officers in the Corinthian Christ-Group
Paul's language in 1 Cor 11.19 suggests that the Corinthians elected rotating officers to serve as administrative leaders with control over food distribution at the Lord's Supper. Interpreters overlook this verse's technical terminology despite the fact that doing so results in unusua...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2013
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New Testament studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 59, Issue: 3, Pages: 365-381 |
| Further subjects: | B
Elections
B Hierarchy B Lord's Supper B Corinthians |
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| Summary: | Paul's language in 1 Cor 11.19 suggests that the Corinthians elected rotating officers to serve as administrative leaders with control over food distribution at the Lord's Supper. Interpreters overlook this verse's technical terminology despite the fact that doing so results in unusual and confusing translations. In addition to making sense out of the otherwise obscure sentence of v. 19, the existence of a ‘flat hierarchy’ of temporary and rotating officers in the Corinthian group helps to explain several aspects involved in the Corinthians' banquet problems. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-8145 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New Testament studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0028688513000052 |