"In vino veritas" and its possible application to 1 Corinthians 11:21: the revelatory role of wine in a house church setting in light of Graeco-Roman culture
This article investigates the role of wine in the specific context of the shared meal practice in the early Christian community of Roman Corinth. Most discussions of 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 focus upon the poor being neglected in the distribution of food when the church assembles together. This invest...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2016]
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Neotestamentica
Year: 2016, Volume: 50, Issue: 2, Pages: 477-505 |
| RelBib Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality CD Christianity and Culture HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBP Sacramentology; sacraments TB Antiquity |
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Wine
B Bible. Corinthians 1. 11,21 B ἐκδέχομαι B Paul Apostle B Rituale B Ritual B Διακρίνω B Lord's Supper service B δόκιμος B Grapevine B δοκιμάζω B Lord's supper B ἰδιώτης |
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| Summary: | This article investigates the role of wine in the specific context of the shared meal practice in the early Christian community of Roman Corinth. Most discussions of 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 focus upon the poor being neglected in the distribution of food when the church assembles together. This investigation considers a secondary issue in the text: an alternate way of understanding how the drinking of wine may have played a role in one brother judging another under the conditions likely to occur in a house church setting. |
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| ISSN: | 0254-8356 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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