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In this title, Finney argues that the conflict in 1 Corinthians is
driven by lust for honour and Pauls use of the paradigm of the
cross. Studies in contemporary social anthropology have noted the
importance of male honour and how this is able to generate ideas of
social identity within a community and to elucidate patterns of
social behaviour. Finney examines the letter of 1 Corinthians ,
which presents a unique expose of numerous aspects of social life
in the first-century Greco-Roman world where honour was of central
importance. At the same time, filotimia (the love and lust for
honour) also had the capacity to generate an environment of
competition, antagonism, factionalism, and conflict, all of which
are clearly evident within the pages of 1 Corinthians . Finney
seeks to examine the extent to which the social constraints of
filotimia, and its potential for conflict, lay behind the many
problems evident within the nascent Christ-movement at Corinth.
Finney presents a fresh reading of the letter, and the thesis it
proposes is that the honour-conflict model, hitherto overlooked in
studies on 1 Corinthians , provides an appropriate and compelling
framework within which to view the many disparate aspects of the
letter in their social context. Formerly the Journal for the Study
of the New Testament Supplement , this is a book series that
explores the many aspects of New Testament study including
historical perspectives, social-scientific and literary theory, and
theological, cultural and contextual approaches. The Early
Christianity in Context series, a part of JSNTS , examines the
birth and development of early Christianity up to the end of the
third century CE. The series places Christianity in its social,
cultural, political and economic context. European Seminar on
Christian Origins and Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus
Supplement are also part of JSNTS .
In this volume, Finney argues that the conflict in 1 Corinthians is
driven by lust for honour and Paul's use of the paradigm of the
cross. Studies in contemporary social anthropology have noted the
importance of male honour and how this is able to generate ideas of
social identity within a community and to elucidate patterns of
social behaviour. Finney examines the letter of 1 Corinthians ,
which presents a unique expose of numerous aspects of social life
in the first-century Greco-Roman world where honour was of central
importance. At the same time, filotimia (the love and lust for
honour) also had the capacity to generate an environment of
competition, antagonism, factionalism, and conflict, all of which
are clearly evident within the pages of 1 Corinthians . Finney
seeks to examine the extent to which the social constraints of
filotimia, and its potential for conflict, lay behind the many
problems evident within the nascent Christ-movement at Corinth.
Finney presents a fresh reading of the letter, and the thesis it
proposes is that the honour-conflict model, hitherto overlooked in
studies on 1 Corinthians , provides an appropriate and compelling
framework within which to view the many disparate aspects of the
letter in their social context. Formerly the Journal for the Study
of the New Testament Supplement , this is a book series that
explores the many aspects of New Testament study including
historical perspectives, social-scientific and literary theory, and
theological, cultural and contextual approaches.
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