Paul on marriage and celibacy
Subtitle: the Hellenistic background of 1 Corinthians 7
By: Will Deming.
Series: Monograph series / Society for New Testament Studies ;; 83; Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies) ;; 83.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Bible. N.T. Corinthians, 1st, VII -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Marriage -- Biblical teaching.; Celibacy -- Biblical teaching.; Cynics (Greek philosophy); Stoics.
Description: This study overturns the traditional interpretation of Paul's thinking on marriage and celibacy. By examining established theories about the main influences on his theology, and by reconstructing the Stoic and Cynic discourse on marriage that formed its context, it offers an illuminating reassessment of both Paul's understanding of marriage and his place in the history of Christian asceticism, and provides new information for discussions of Christian sexuality and feminist evaluations of the Bible.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-258) and indexes.
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Chicago, 1991.