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9780664221591

Paul, in Other Words

by Neyrey, Jerome H.; Malina, Bruce J.
  • ISBN13:

    9780664221591

  • ISBN10:

    0664221599

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1990-12-01
  • Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr
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Summary

The focus of this book is an anthropological perspective that will open the writings of Paul to a challenging new range of questions and issues. Jerome Neyrey introduces the reader to critical access thorough a wholly convincing method of cultural-historical analysis. Paul comes alive in time and place. Biblical theologians and students will find ample stimulus in Neyrey's analysis of Paul.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Bruce J. Mauna 7(4)
1 Reading Paul in Social Science Perspective 11(10)
2 Order and Purity in Paul's Symbolic Universe 21(35)
3 Divine Disorder in Paul's Cosmos 56(19)
4 Rituals: Making and Maintaining Boundaries 75(27)
5 Perceiving the Human Body: Body Language in 1 Corinthians 102(45)
6 Sin and Deviance in Paul's World 147(4)
7 Paul's Cosmology: War in a Dualistic World 151(10)
8 Suffering and Misfortune in a World at War 161(20)
9 Bewitched in Galatia: Paul's Accusations of Witchcraft 181(20)
10 Seduced in Corinth: More Witchcraft Accusations 201(18)
Conclusion 219(6)
Abbreviations 225
Bibliography 221(30)
Index of Scripture Passages 251(10)
Index of Topics 261

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