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Christ crucified and the inversion of Roman imperial ideology in 1 Corinthians.

From: Biblical Theology Bulletin  |  Date: 3/22/2005  |  Author: Finney, Mark T.

Abstract

A number of recent monographs and articles have emphasized the significant influence of the Imperial cult within first-century CE religious and socio-political life. At the same time social-scientific studies have, for some time, elucidated the wider social-setting of the Second Testament within its social context, especially under the influence of notions of honour and shame. But despite having had a voluminous number of monographs and articles written on it, the letter ...

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