To Repoliticize Paul: 1 Corinthians 11:19 and a Subterranean Stream of Greek Political Thought
It is the thesis of this essay that in 1 Corinthians 11:19 Paul is invoking an unorthodox principle of Greek political thought on the necessity of taking a side, of joining a faction, in order to be a participant in communal life. The principle goes back to the sixth-century BCE legislator Solon, wh...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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| In: |
Novum Testamentum
Year: 2025, Volume: 67, Issue: 2, Pages: 163-181 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Corinthians 1. 11,19
/ Solon 640 BC-560 BC
/ Faction
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| RelBib Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity ZB Sociology ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
enfranchisement
B activist citizenry B Solon B Politics B factions |
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| Summary: | It is the thesis of this essay that in 1 Corinthians 11:19 Paul is invoking an unorthodox principle of Greek political thought on the necessity of taking a side, of joining a faction, in order to be a participant in communal life. The principle goes back to the sixth-century BCE legislator Solon, who sought to reform Athenian society and to shield it from destructive conflicts. But the principle was also applied to disputations between philosophical schools, and even to contentious relations between brothers and friends. Because the principle seems counterintuitive, it is crucial to examine a number of instances in which it comes to expression, including the comments of upper-class authors who found the idea unreasonable, and even scandalous. |
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| ISSN: | 1568-5365 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Novum Testamentum
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15685365-bja10090 |
