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"When you were gentiles" : specters of ethnicity in Roman Corinth and Paul's Corinthian correspondence / Cavan W. Concannon

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Concannon, Cavan W., 1979-
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New Haven and London : Yale University Press, [2014]
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1 online resource (xv, 301 pages).
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Contents
pt. 1 Corinth and Corinthians between Greece and Rome -- Becoming all things: Paul and the rhetoric of ethic malleability -- Marketplaces, merchant ships, and festivals: negotiating identities in Corinth -- Speech, flattery, and the negotiation of identity for "some" Corinthians -- pt. 2 Corinth and Corinithians between past and present -- Walking in the wilderness: Israelite ancestors in the Corinthian correspondence -- "In the city of Peirene": claiming, erasing, and challenging the past in Corinth -- Usable pasts in the Corinthian wilderness: spirits, specters, and negotiations of identity at the crossroads -- Conclusing: haunted futures.
Summary
Cavan W. Concannon makes a significant contribution to Pauline studies by imagining the responses of the Corinthians to Paul's letters. Based on surviving written materials and archaeological research, this book offers a textured portrait of the ancient Corinthians with whom Paul conversed, argued, debated, and partnered, focusing on issues of ethnicity, civic identity, politics, and empire.
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9780300209594 (electronic bk.)
0300209592 (electronic bk.)
9780300197938
0300197934
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-296) and index.
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