Paul, the Temple, and Building a Metaphor (The Library of New Testament Studies)

Basham, David Anthony

T.& T.Clark Ltd（2024/12発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 184 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780567718327
• DDC分類 227.06

Full Description

David Anthony Basham argues that Paul and the Corinthians share a "system of associated commonplaces" about the Jerusalem temple. Basham proposes that when Paul applies temple language to the Corinthians by calling them naos theou ("God's temple"), he sparks a creative process of interaction between the temple and the Corinthian assembly — a process of selecting, emphasizing, and organizing information from the source domain (temple) to see the target domain (the Corinthians) in a new light.

Basham suggests that, in understanding Paul's fraught relationship with certain institutions of Second Temple Judaism and his conception of gentile inclusion, we can appreciate the creative ways in which he employs cultic imagery to describe his ministry and the ritual life of early gentile believers. By exploring the construction of metaphor, the depiction of the Jerusalem temple in Paul's letters, and Judaean religion among gentiles, Basham demonstrates that Paul's temple metaphor speaks to a new cultic reality for gentiles-in-Christ that is linked to Israel's worship, though detached from its actual expression in Jerusalem.

Contents

Acknowledgments
Note on Translations
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
PART I
Chapter One: The Temple in Paul
Chapter Two: Paul in the Temple: Questions of Attendance and Access
Chapter Three: God's Temple in Corinth: Judaean Religion Among Gentiles
PART II
Chapter Four: Metaphor as Desperation
Chapter Five: Metaphor as Interaction
Conclusion
Appendix 1: Did the Corinthians Know?
Appendix 2: Resident Aliens in Ancient Israel
Bibliography
Index of Ancient Sources
Index of Modern Authors