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. Library of New Testament Studies, 509. London: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2015. Cloth, $39.95

2017 ◽  
Vol 43 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-180
Author(s):  
James B. Prothro
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Rhetorical Analysis ◽  
Cultural Community ◽  
Social Lives ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
The Creation

Is the emic-etic distinction a useful tool for cross-cultural interpretation of the New Testament?

1995 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-37
Author(s):  
P.F. Craffert
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Theory Of Science ◽  
Cultural Interpretation ◽  
The Social ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
Broad Overview ◽  
Interpretive Turn

AbstractNowadays the emic-etic distinction is becoming highly popular in New Testament studies. Whether it is a useful tool for interpreting the New Testament cross-culturally, however, is a question to be answered only after a thorough analysis of emics and etics in the social sciences. A broad overview of the history and significance of the emic-etic distinction in the social sciences is followed by brief remarks on the interpretive turn in the theory of science. Special attention is given to the adequacy of the emic-etic tool in claims of cross-cultural interpretation in which a high premium is placed on avoiding ethnocentric interpretations. Emics and etics as seen from a postinterpretive turn position are discussed in an attempt to redefine them with a view to application in interpretive discourses.

scholarly journals POTRET KERUKUNAN ANTAR ALIRAN KEAGAMAAN (Studi Kasus Jema’at Ahmadiyah dan NU di Desa Winong Banjarnegara Jawa Tengah)

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 119
Author(s):  
Masthuriyah Sa’dan
Keyword(s):  
Religious Beliefs ◽  
Religious Communities ◽  
The Political ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Social Culture ◽  
Social Lives ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Village

This study explores harmonious lives among religious groups in the Winong village, Banjarnegara. It describes both religious and social lives including factors that reinforcing the creation of harmony among religious groups in the village. Based on Inter-religious harmony theories, the study shows that Winong is a village with differs cultures and religious communities but it is able to maintain harmony. The harmony among religious beliefs in Winong , as shown between the Ahmadis and NU community, is manifested not only in terms of toleration and passive co-existence, but also in the equality of all elements in the society which is embodied in the social, culture and the political lives.

scholarly journals ’n Retoriese benadering tot die Nuwe Testament

1993 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-162
Author(s):  
H. J. B. Brink
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Rhetorical Criticism ◽  
Careful Attention ◽  
Social Dimensions ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Social ◽  
Rhetorical Studies ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
New Testament Studies

A rhetorical approach to the New TestamentAlthough a rhetorical approach to the New Testament implies careful attention to certain stylistic features of the text, it also entails a greater awareness of the social dimensions of the interpretation of the Bible. Attention is given to the gradual resurgence of rhetorical studies. The relevance of rhetorical criticism for New Testament studies is also discussed.

Queer Theory

2019 ◽  
pp. 93-116
Author(s):  
Stephen D. Moore
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Queer Theory ◽  
New Testament ◽  
Final Section ◽  
Biblical Studies ◽  
Detailed Account ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Sex And Sexuality

Since the 1990s, queer theory has been immensely influential in the humanities, and, to a lesser extent, in the social sciences, seeping into discipline after discipline, even disciplines as well insulated as biblical studies. Queer theory is most commonly understood to be the poststructuralist analysis of sex and sexuality, heterosexuality as well as homosexuality. But as queer theory developed, it frequently decoupled from sex and sexuality, its expanded object of analysis becoming normality as such, in its manifold manifestations. This essay begins with a detailed account of the origins of queer theory: its “precursors,” its “exemplars,” and its relations to queer activism. The essay then charts the queer turn in biblical studies, especially New Testament studies, which also began in the 1990s, and traces such work down to the present, commenting both appreciatively and critically on the various paths it has taken. The final section of the essay brings the tale of extrabiblical queer theory fully up to date and reflects on the largely untapped potential for biblical studies of its more recent developments.

Augustan Rome and the Body of Christ: A Comparison of the Social Vision of theRes Gestaeand Paul's Letter to the Romans

2013 ◽  
Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-36
Author(s):  
James R. Harrison
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
The Body ◽  
Greek Text ◽  
Latin Text ◽  
Son Of God ◽  
The Social ◽  
New Testament Studies ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Greek East

A surprising omission in New Testament studies of the imperial world is a comparison of Augustus's conception of rule in theRes Gestae(RG) with Paul's eschatological gospel of grace in his letter to the Romans. Even though each document has been foundational in the history of Western civilization, a comparison of their vastly different social outcomes has not been undertaken. Neil Elliott has made an outstanding contribution in laying the foundations for such a study, offering a scintillating analysis of Paul's letter to the Romans in terms ofiustitia(justice),clementia(mercy),pietas(piety), andvirtus(valor), the four virtues of Augustus inscribed on the Golden Shield erected in the Julian senate house (RG34.2). However, a full-scale investigation of the Augustan conception of rule in theRGwould open up new perspectives on Paul's engagement with the imperial world in Romans, given that Augustus became the iconicexemplumof virtue for his Julio-Claudian successors. Nonetheless, the difference in genre and aims of each document makes such a comparison daunting for New Testament scholars, as does the controversy that each document continues to generate in its own discipline. Further, we are unsure about the extent of the exposure that Paul might have had to theRG, directly or indirectly. Possibly Paul saw a Greek version of theRGtext at Pisidian Antioch, along with the Latin text that still survives there, during his first missionary journey (Acts 13:14–50), even though there are no archaeological remains of the Greek text at Antioch today. Presumably Paul would have been aware that the original Latin copy of theRGwas inscribed in bronze at Augustus's mausoleum at Rome. This article will argue that Paul, in planning to move his missionary outreach from the Greek East to the Latin West (Rom 15:19a–24), thought strategically about how he was going to communicate the reign of the crucified, risen, and ascended Son of God to inhabitants of the capital who had lived through the “Golden Age” of grace under Augustus and who were experiencing its renewal under Nero. What social and theological vision did Paul want to communicate to the city of Rome in which Augustus was the yardstick of virtue to which future leaders of Rome should aspire?

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