Keeping the Feast: Metaphors of Sacrifice in 1 Corinthians and Philippians

by Jane Patterson and Jane Lancaster Patterson

Book Overview

Patterson uses cognitive metaphor theory to trace the apostle Paul's use of metaphors from the Jewish sacrificial system in his moral counsels to the Philippians and the Corinthians. In these letters, Paul moves from the known (the practice of sacrifice) to the unknown (how to live in accord with the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ). Patterson illustrates that the significant sacrificial metaphors in 1 Corinthians and Philippians are...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0884140679
• ISBN13: 9780884140672
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: SBL Press
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"