Paul, the Stoics, and the body of Christ / Michelle V. Lee.

By: Lee, Michelle V. (Michelle Vidle)

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies): 137.Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006Description: xiii, 224 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 0521864542 (hbk.)Subject(s): Paul, the Apostle, Saint | Bible. Corinthians, 1st, 12-14 -- Criticism, interpretation, etc | Stoics | Theological anthropologyDDC classification: 227.206 LOC classification: BS2675.52 | .L44 2006Online resources: Publisher description | Table of contents only | Contributor biographical information

Partial contents:

Introduction -- The body metaphor -- The "body" in Stoicism and the relevance to universal humanity -- Stoic universal humanity and ethics -- The community as Christ's body in 1 Corinthians 12 -- The application of the body of Christ : love and prophecy (1 Cor. 13-14) -- Summary and conclusion.

Review: "At first glance, Paul's words to the Corinthians about their being the body of Christ seem simple and straightforward. He compares them to a human body so that they may be encouraged to work together, each member contributing to the good of the whole according to his or her special gift. However, the passage raises several critical questions which point to its deeper implications. Does Paul mean that the community is "like" a body or is he saying that they are in some sense a real body? What is the significance of being specifically the body of Christ? Is the primary purpose of the passage to instruct on the correct use of spiritual gifts or is Paul also making a statement about the identity of the Christian community? Michelle Lee examines Paul's instructions in 1 Corinthians 12-14 against the backdrop of Hellenistic moral philosophy, and especially Stoicism."--BOOK JACKET.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-214) and indexes.

"At first glance, Paul's words to the Corinthians about their being the body of Christ seem simple and straightforward. He compares them to a human body so that they may be encouraged to work together, each member contributing to the good of the whole according to his or her special gift. However, the passage raises several critical questions which point to its deeper implications. Does Paul mean that the community is "like" a body or is he saying that they are in some sense a real body? What is the significance of being specifically the body of Christ? Is the primary purpose of the passage to instruct on the correct use of spiritual gifts or is Paul also making a statement about the identity of the Christian community? Michelle Lee examines Paul's instructions in 1 Corinthians 12-14 against the backdrop of Hellenistic moral philosophy, and especially Stoicism."--BOOK JACKET.

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