A Question of First Importance: en prṓtois in 1 Corinthians 15:3
A Question of First Importance ἐν πρώτοις in 1 Corinthians 15:3
Many find Paul’s definition of his gospel in 1 Cor 15:3, and the verse’s prepositional phrase, ἐν πρώτοις, to be central for his definition—so much so that it is always rendered as a superlative in prominence, "as of first importance" or its equivalent in modern translations and commentari...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Eisenbrauns
2022
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Bulletin for biblical research
Year: 2022, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 165-181 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Paul Apostle
/ Passion representation
/ Pseudepigraphy
/ Phraseology
/ Old Testament
/ Bible. Corinthians 1. 15,3
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity |
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| Summary: | Many find Paul’s definition of his gospel in 1 Cor 15:3, and the verse’s prepositional phrase, ἐν πρώτοις, to be central for his definition—so much so that it is always rendered as a superlative in prominence, "as of first importance" or its equivalent in modern translations and commentaries. This article surveys the idiom ἐν πρώτοις throughout a 1,100-plus year history to determine whether it supports this translation. Though Paul alone among NT authors uses the phrase and only in 1 Cor 15:3, he would have been aware of its use in the LXX, Pseudepigrapha, and other Hellenistic and Classical Greek. A survey of translations of these texts challenges the consensus that the phrase means "as of first importance." Other translations are considered and have varying degrees of probability: "among first important matters," "among initial matters," and "initially." |
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| ISSN: | 2576-0998 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Bulletin for biblical research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5325/bullbiblrese.32.2.0165 |