Paul and the Creation of a Counter-Cultural Community: A Rhetorical Analysis of 1 Cor. 5.1-11.1 in Light of the Social Lives of the Corinthians

by Sin-pan Daniel Ho

This study offers a new interpretation of 1 Corinthians 5-11:1. Taking a social identity approach, Ho investigates the inner logic of Paul from the ears of the Corinthian correspondence.

Ho argues that Paul consistently indoctrinates new values for the audience to uphold which are against the mainstream of social values in the surrounding society. It is shown that Paul does not engage in issues of internal schism per se, but rather in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0567672018
• ISBN13: 9780567672018
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: T&T Clark
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"