Bodily Resurrection and Ethics in 1 Cor 15

Connecting Faith and Morality in the Context of Greco-Roman Mythology
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-3-16-153038-8
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, Band 360, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 233 mm x 155 mm, Gewicht: 517 g

Reihe: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brown, Paul J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Ethik, Moraltheologie, Sozialethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Fundamentaltheologie, Dogmatik, Christologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Brown, Paul J.
Born 1961; 1985 BM in Musical Studies and 1989 MM in Music Theory; 1997 MDiv; 2012 PhD in Theology (New Testament) at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Chicago, USA; currently Lecturer in Biblical Studies at Trinity College, Chicago, USA.