Christ's Body in Corinth: The Politics of a Metaphor

by Yung Suk Kim

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Yung Suk Kim takes up the language of"body" that infuses 1 Corinthians, Paul'smost complicated letter, and the letterthat provides us the most information, and poses the sharpest questions, aboutsocial realities in the early church.Kim argues against the view that inspeaking of the church as Christ'sbody Paul seeks to emphasize unityand the social boundary. Against theconventional rhetoric of the "bodypolitic" in Greco-Roman philosophy, Kim argues...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1451488068

ISBN13:9781451488067

Release Date:April 2014

Publisher:Fortress Press

Length:152 Pages

Weight:0.49 lbs.

Dimensions:0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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