Christ's Body in Corinth: The Politics of a Metaphor

by Yung Suk Kim

Book Overview

Yung Suk Kim takes up the language of"body" that infuses 1 Corinthians, Paul'smost complicated letter, and the letterthat provides us the most information, and poses the sharpest questions, aboutsocial realities in the early church.Kim argues against the view that inspeaking of the church as Christ'sbody Paul seeks to emphasize unityand the social boundary. Against theconventional rhetoric of the "bodypolitic" in Greco-Roman philosophy, Kim argues...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1451488068
• ISBN13: 9781451488067
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"