God and the Idols

Representations of God in 1 Corinthians 8-10

by Trent Rogers

Extent: 258 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: Biblical Studies

Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2.Reihe

Series volume number: 427

Language: English

Paperback (Published)

(November 2016)

ISBN: 9783161547881

6.06 x 9.06 inches

Price: $118.00

In stock

Add to cart

Synopsis
Contributing Authors

Trent A. Rogers argues that Paul consistently prohibits believers from eating eidolothyta (offerings made to idols) by appealing first to their obligation to love other believers and then to their obligation of exclusive faithfulness to Christ. The approach of his analysis is to examine how the representation of God functions in Paul’s argument, especially in comparison to other Hellenistic Jewish polemics against idolatry.

The interpretation of 1 Cor 8-10 as a coherent argument is complicated by several factors, most significantly the apparent contradictions in the text (primarily an issue within chapter 8) and the remarkable changes in Paul’s tone (primarily an issue with how 10:1-22 relates to 8:1-13 and 10:23-11:1). Trent A. Rogers argues that Paul consistently prohibits believers from eating y appealing first to their obligation to love other believers and then to their obligation of exclusive faithfulness to Christ. The approach of his analysis is to examine how the representation of God functions in Paul’s argument, especially in comparison to other Hellenistic Jewish polemics against idolatry. While this is an argument made about particular practices, it is an argument made on theological grounds, and these theological underpinnings have been largely unexplored until now.

By (author) Trent Rogers

Other Titles in this Series

Educating Early Christians through the Rhetoric of Hell

'Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth' as Paideia in Matthew and the Early Church

Volume 382

by Meghan Henning

Das Bose, der Teufel und Damonen – Evil, the Devil, and Demons

Volume 412

edited by Jan Dochhorn, Benjamin G. Wold and Susanne Rudnig-Zelt

Acts of Paul

The Formation of a Pauline Corpus

Volume 352

by Glenn E. Snyder

Moral Language in the New Testament

The Interrelatedness of Language and Ethics in Early Christian Writings. Kontexte und Normen neutestamentlicher Ethik / Contexts and Norms of New Testament Ethics. Volume II

Volume 296

Edited by Ruben Zimmermann Edited by Jan G. van der Watt Edited by Susanne Luther

Eschatology of the New Testament and Some Related Documents

Volume 315

edited by Jan G. van der Watt

Divine Instruction in Early Christianity

Volume 246

by Stephen E. Witmer

The Spirit and the Restoration of Israel

New Exodus and New Creation Motifs in Galatians

Volume 282

by Rodrigo J. Morales

Apokalyptik als Herausforderung neutestamentlicher Theologie

Volume 214

edited by Michael Becker and Markus Ohler

Matthew’s Corporate Vision among the Greco-Roman Associations

By (author) Rodney Kilgore

The Characterisation of Jesus the Davidic Shepherd in Mark’s Gospel

A Narrative Analysis through the Lens of Metalepsis

Volume 626

by Edmund Yiu-ming Leung

The Image of the Invisible God

An Exegetical Study of Colossians 1:15-20

Volume 599

by T.R. Niles

Representations of Angelic Beings in Early Jewish and in Christian Traditions

Volume 544

edited by Amsalu Tefera and Loren T. Stuckenbruck

The Strength Needed to Enter the Kingdom of God

An Exegetical and Theological Study of Luke 16:16 in Context

Volume 485

by Giuseppe G. Scollo

The New Day of Atonement

A Matthean Typology

Volume 517

by Hans M. Moscicke

Frauen in Qumran

Volume 457

by Nicole Rupschus

Wie Geschichten Geschichte schreiben

Fruhchristliche Literatur zwischen Faktualitat und Fiktionalitat

Volume 395

edited by Susanne Luther, Jorg Roder and Eckart D. Schmidt

Matthew, Paul, and the Anthropology of Law

Volume 424

by David A. Kaden

Christ Absent and Present

A Study in Pauline Christology

Volume 354

by Peter Orr

Trying Man, Trying God

The Divine Courtroom in Early Jewish and Christian Literature

Volume 289

by Meira Kensky

Paul’s Divine Christology

Volume 323

by Chris Tilling

The Shema and The First Commandment in First Corinthians

An Intertextual Approach to Paul's Re-reading of Deuteronomy

Volume 253

by Erik Waaler

Whose Acts of Peter?

Text and Historical Context of the Actus Vercellenses

Volume 196

by Matthew C. Baldwin

Theologie als Erzahlung im Markusevangelium

Eine narratologisch-rezeptionsasthetische Studie zu Mk 1,1-15

Volume 236

by Christian Rose

Deacons and Diakonia in Late Antiquity

The Third Century Onwards

Volume 606

edited by Bart J. Koet, Edwina Murphy and Esko Ryokas

Das unschuldige Blut im Matthausevangelium

Zur geschichtstheologischen Deutung des Todes Jesu

Volume 578

by Johannes Vortisch

Claiming Places

Reading Acts through the Lens of Ancient Colonization

Volume 525

by Eric C. Moore

Virtue Ethics in the Letter to Titus

An Interdisciplinary Study. Kontexte und Normen neutestamentlicher Ethik / Contexts and Norms of New Testament Ethics. Volume XII

Volume 560

by Dogara Ishaya Manomi

Emotion, Narration und Ethik

Zur ethischen Relevanz antizipatorischer Emotionen in Parabeln des Matthaus-Evangeliums. Kontexte und Normen neutestamentlicher Ethik / Contexts and Norms of New Testament Ethics. Band XI

Volume 498

by Tanja Dannenmann

Sinners and Sinfulness in Luke

A Study of Direct and Indirect References in the Initial Episodes of Jesus' Activity

Volume 434

by Slawomir Szkredka

Prophetic Rivalry, Gender, and Economics

A Study in Revelation and Sibylline Oracles 4-5

Volume 466

by Olivia Stewart Lester

Similar Books

Atonement in the Trinitarian Theology of Augustine, Calvin, and Turretin

Volume 89

By (author) Sungkyu Joo

Galatians

Volume 5

Edited by Cornelia Mayer Edited by Peter Arzt-Grabner

Punning in Odd or Elegant Constructions in Jeremiah

The Convergence of Linguistics, Rhetoric, and Textuality in the Hebrew Text of Jeremiah

By (author) Josiah D. Peeler

Shame in the Worlds of the Hebrew Bible and Akkadian Texts

A Linguistic Study and Its Implications

Volume 33

by Jurgen Schulz

The Resurrection Effect

Transforming Christian Life and Thought

By (author) Anthony J. Kelly

The Suffering Body as a Site of Virtue Formation in Philippians

By (author) Melissa J. Barciela

The Therapeutae as the Best Paradigm for the Contemplative Life

A Contextual Reading of Philo of Alexandria's De Vita Contemplativa

By (author) Romulus D. Stefanut

Diakonie biblisch II

Frühjüdische, neutestamentliche und frühchristliche Perspektiven

Volume 199

Edited by Klaus Scholtissek Edited by Karl-Wilhelm Niebuhr

Jeremia im Spiegel des Buches

By (author) Uwe Becker

Parola di Dio, di uomo e di Re

L'assoluta verità della Bibbia nella dottrina cattolica di Bacchisio Raimondo Motzo

Edited by Paolo Maninchedda

Wie JHWH spricht

Die temporelle Steuerung von Verbalaussagen in den Reden nach den Gottesspruchformeln

By (author) Christian Rose

Amos

translated by David E. Orton

Ancient Magdala: Archaeological Excavations (2010-2017)

Volume I: Daily life, First interpretations

Edited by Marcela Zapata-Meza

Benefaction in Galatians

Volume 627

by David Wyman

Boomer Archaeologist

A Graphic Memoir of Tribes, Identity, and the Holy Land

By (author) Thomas E. Levy

Breaking New Ground in John

Imagery, Parables, Characters, Christology, and Ethics in the Fourth Gospel

Volume 531

Edited by Dieter T. Roth By (author) Ruben Zimmermann

But the Wise Shall Understand

Reuse of Prophecies, Chronotope, and Merging of Eschatological Horizons in Daniel 10-12

by Felipe A. Masotti

Creation Concepts and Creation Care

Perspectives from Early Judaism, Early Christianity, and Beyond. Kontexte und Normen neutestamentlicher Ethik / Contexts and Norms of New Testament Ethics XVII

Edited by Ruben Zimmermann Edited by Zacharias Shoukry Edited by Mirjam Jekel