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Bodily Resurrection and Ethics in 1 Cor 15: Connecting Faith and Morality in the Context of Greco-Roman Mythology

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
  • 15.7 x 23.3 x 1.7 cm

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New Testament scholars have long recognized a relationship between the future resurrection and ethics. Paul J. Brown contributes to this ongoing discussion by tracing Paul's logic for connecting the moral imperatives in 1 Cor 15 to the bodily resurrection. The author examines the afterlife belief system of the resurrection-deniers and proposes that their eschatology was informed by Greco-Roman mythology. This enabled the Corinthians to embrace the bodily resurrection of Jesus as a hero and reject the prospect of their own. Brown suggests that Paul strategically leveraged their Greco-Roman thinking in his discussion of the resurrection to argue that their in-Christ status made them partakers of the Messiah's beatific afterlife, and that the Greco-Roman practice of patron emulation should motivate them to live in imitation of the heavenly man.
Bodily Resurrection and Ethics in 1 Cor 15: Connecting Faith and Morality in the Context of Greco-Roman Mythology and John for Everyone Part 1 : Chapters 1-10
John for Everyone Part 1 : Chapters 1-10Bodily Resurrection and Ethics in 1 Cor 15: Connecting Faith and Morality in the Context of Greco-Roman Mythology

  • Title

    Bodily Resurrection and Ethics in 1 Cor 15: Connecting Faith and Morality in the Context of Greco-Roman Mythology

  • Author

    Paul J. Brown

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Mohr Siebeck

  • Published

    January 2014

  • Weight

    516g

  • Dimensions

    15.7 x 23.3 x 1.7 cm

  • ISBN

    9783161530388

  • ISBN-10

    3161530381

  • Eden Code

    4894576

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