Paul and the Rhetoric of Reconciliation,9780664221775

Paul and the Rhetoric of Reconciliation

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ISBN13: 9780664221775
ISBN10: 0664221777
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1991-06-01
Publisher(s): Westminster John Knox Pr
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Summary

This work casts new light on the genre, function, and composition of Paul's first letter to the Corinthians. Margaret Mitchell thoroughly documents her argument that First Corinthians was a single letter, not a combination of fragments, whose aim was to persuade the Corinthian Christian community to become unified.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii
Note on Citations xiii
Introduction to the Task and Methodology
1(19)
Corinthians as Deliberative Rhetoric
20(45)
Excursus: Ancient Deliberative Speeches and Letters
21(3)
The Time Frame of Deliberative Rhetoric
24(1)
The Appeal to Advantage in Deliberative Rhetoric
25(14)
The Deliberative Appeal to Advantage in 1 Corinthians
33(6)
The Use and Function of Examples in Deliberative Rhetoric
39(21)
The Call to Imitation in the Deliberative Use of Example
42(5)
Proof by Example in 1 Corinthians
47(2)
Paul's Use of Himself as an Example for Imitation in 1 Corinthians
49(1)
Exacursus: Paraenesis and Deliberative Rhetoric
50(10)
Factionalism and Concord in Deliberative Rhetoric
60(5)
Thematic and Rhetorical Unity in 1 Corinthians: The Language of Factionalism and Reconciliation
65(119)
The Questions and the Argument
65(3)
Political Terms in 1 Cor 1:10
68(13)
Excursus: The Descriptive Significance of the Term
71(10)
Political Terms and Topoi Introduced in 1 Cor 1:11-4:21
81(30)
Excursus: The Form of the ``Slogans'' in 1:12
83(16)
The Building Metaphor for Concord in 1 Corinthians
99(12)
References to Corinthian Factionalism in 1 Cor 5-16
111(69)
1 Corinthians 5. The Proper Mix for Unity
112(4)
1 Corinthians 6
116(1)
Legal Disputes at Corinth
116(2)
Freedom, Individuality and Division
118(3)
1 Corinthians 7. Domestic Discord
121(5)
1 Cor 8-10. Factionalism, Freedom and Compromise
126(1)
1 Corinthians 8
126(2)
Offense and Factionalism
128(2)
1 Corinthians 9. Freedom and Accommodation
130(8)
1 Corinthians 10
138(1)
The Negative Example of the Wilderness Generation
138(3)
Unity in Sharing the Same Rituals
141(1)
Factionalism and the Common Advantage
142(5)
``Pleasing Everyone''-the Description of the Non-Factionalist
147(2)
1 Corinthians 11
149(1)
Divisive Customs at Corinth
149(2)
Divisions and ``Coming Together''
151(6)
1 Corinthians 12. The Body Metaphor for Unity
157(8)
1 Corinthians 13. Love as the Antidote to Factionalism
165(6)
1 Corinthians 14. Disunity at Worship
171(4)
1 Corinthians 15. Controversy over the Resurrection
175(2)
1 Corinthians 16. Final Matters of Concern
177(3)
Summation of Terms and Topoi Related to Factionalism in 1 Corinthians
180(2)
Conclusions
182(2)
Compositional Analysis: 1 Corinthians as a Unified Deliberative Letter Urging Concord
184(112)
Outline of Epistolary and Rhetorical Structure of 1 Corinthians
184(2)
Preliminary Remarks on the Composition of 1 Corinthians
186(6)
Compositional Analysis
192(104)
1:1-3 Epistolary Prescript
192(2)
1:4-9 Epistolary Thanksgiving/Rhetorical
194(3)
1:10-15:58 Epistolary Body
197(1)
1:10 Thesis Statement to the Deliberative Argument
198(2)
1:11-17 Statement of Facts
200(2)
1:18-15:57 Proofs
202(5)
1:18-4:21 First Section of Proof: Censure of Corinthian Factionalism and the Need for Paul's Advice
207(6)
Epideictic Elements in 1:18-4:21
213(12)
5:1-11:1 Second Section of Proof: The Integrity of the Corinthian Community Agaist Outside Defilement
225(3)
5:1-7:40 and Group Solidarity
228(1)
5:1-13 A Case of
228(2)
6:1-11 Court Battles
230(2)
6:12-20 A Second Case of, with Treatment By General Principles
232(3)
7:1-40 Marriage and Status
235(2)
8:1-11:1 Idol Meats, Freedom and Group Unity
237(4)
8:1-13 Idol Meats and Division. First Treatment
241(2)
9:1-27 Exemplary Argument: The Proper Use of Freedom for the Common Good
243(7)
10:1-13 The Negative Example of the Wilderness Generation
250(4)
10:14-22 Idolatry, Second Treatment: Cultic Unity as Norm and Standard
254(2)
10:23-11:1 Final Appeal to the Common Advantage as Opposed to Factionalism. Conclusion to the Second Section of Proof
256(2)
11:2-14:40 Third Section of Proof: Manifestations of Corinthian Factionalism When ``Coming Together''
258(2)
11:2-16 Divisive Customs in Worship
260(3)
11:17-34 Divisions in the Lord's Supper
263(3)
12:1-14:40 Spiritual Gifts and Unity
266(1)
12:1-31a Spiritual Gifts, First Treatment. The Body of Christ: Corinthian Unity in Diversity
267(3)
12:31b-14:1a Exemplary Argument: The Gift of Love as the Antidote to Factionalism
270(9)
14:1b-40 Spiritual Gifts, Second Treatment. Unity in Diversity of Language
279(4)
15:1-57 Fourth Section of Proof: The Resurrection as the Final Goal. Unity in the
283(7)
15:58 Conclusion/ Summation to the Argument in the Body of the Letter
290(1)
16:1-24 Epistolary Closing
291(2)
16:1-4 Instructions on the Collection
293(1)
16:5-12 Visit plans (Paul, Apollos, Timothy)
293(1)
16:13-18 Recapitulation of the Argument. Final Concrete Advice for Unity
294(1)
16:19-21 Epistolary Greetings
294(1)
16:22-24 Final Curse and Prayer Calling for Unity in Love and in Jesus Christ
294(2)
Conclusion
296(9)
Bibliography 305(22)
Reference Works
305(1)
Ancient Sources: Texts, Editions, Translations
306(5)
Secondary Literature Consulted
311(16)
Indices 327(1)
Passages Cited
327(1)
Old Testament and Apocrypha
327(1)
Old Testament Pseudepigrapha and Other Jewish Writings
328(3)
New Testament
331(13)
Early Christian Literature and the Ancient Church
344(4)
Greek and Latin Texts
348(25)
Modern Authors
373

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