Gentile Gods at the Eschaton: A Reconsideration of Paul's “Principalities and Powers” in 1 Corinthians 15

This article argues that Paul's “principalities and powers” in 1 Cor 15:23-24 are best understood as a subordinate host of gentile gods. Like texts such as Isa 24, the Book of the Watchers, the Animal Apocalypse of Enoch, and Dan 10, Paul treats gentile gods as belonging to the lower ranks of t...

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Main Author: Wasserman, Emma 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Scholar's Press [2017]
In: Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2017, Volume: 136, Issue: 3, Pages: 727-746
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Corinthians 1. 15 / Old Testament / Apocalypticism / Enoch / Gods / Paganism / Hierarchy
RelBib Classification:BC Ancient Orient; religion
BE Greco-Roman religions
HA Bible
HD Early Judaism
Further subjects:B Ethiopic book of Enoch
B Bible. Corinthians
B Gods
B Slavonic book of Enoch
B BIBLE. Epistles of Paul
B Jesus Christ
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