A model NOT to be imitated?: Recent criticisms of Paul
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In this article, the authors summarise recent criticisms of Paul under the headings of ethnicity, social class, gender, and homoeroticism, and conclude with a statement on the moral of reading.Abstract:
In this article recent criticisms of Paul are summarised under the headings of ethnicity (Mack), social class (Theissen), gender (Wire) and homoeroticism (Nissinen). Horsley's positive appraisal of Paul's anti-imperial stance is also surveyed. These views are introduced by means of the concept of imitation as a category of social ethics in Paul, the article, concludes with a statement on the morality of reading.read more
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Conservative and liberal, hierarchical and egalitarian: social-political uses of the concept of “home” in greco-roman antiquity and early christianity
TL;DR: The cognitive linguist George Lakoff has argued that in the human brain two concepts of the family are mapped onto two contrasting political concepts which reveal two kinds of systemic morality: a hierarchical, strict and disciplining father morality of conservatives on the one hand, and an egalitarian, nurturing parent morality of progressives or liberals on the other.
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On social justice: Comparing Paul with Plato, Aristotle and the Stoics
TL;DR: In this paper, a more refined comparison of social justice in Paul on the one hand and Plato, Aristotle and the Stoics on the other is made, in constant dialogue with Crossan and Reed.
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A Radical Jew: Paul and the Politics of Identity
TL;DR: Boyarin this paper turns to the Epistles of Paul as the spiritual autobiography of a first-century Jewish cultural critic, and explores the tensions in the Pauline corpus, argues Boyarin, will lead us to a richer appreciation of our own cultural quandaries as male and female, gay and straight, Jew and Palestinian - and as human beings.
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The Birth of Christianity: Discovering What Happened in the Years Immediately after the Execution of Jesus
TL;DR: Crossan as discussed by the authors explores the lost years of earliest Christianity, the years immediately following Jesus' execution, and establishes the contextual setting through a combination of literary, anthropological, historical and archaeological approaches.
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Honest to Jesus: Jesus for a New Millennium
TL;DR: Funk as discussed by the authors presents a compelling synthesis of the distinction he finds in the Gospels between the real-life Galilean Jesus of history and the spiritual figure that is the Christ of faith and a searing indictment of lectern and pulpit, professor and pastor, for not saying clearly what they know technically and not saying publicly what they think privately.