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Title:

PAUL AND THE POWER OF SIN
REDEFINING 'BEYOND THE PALE'

By:

T. L. Carter

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ISBN 10:

0521810418

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9780521810418

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

13 December, 2001

Series:

Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series No. 115

Pages:

256

Description:

This 2001 book seeks to ground Paul's language of sin in the socio-cultural context of his original letters.

Synopsis:

Paul and the Power of Sin, first published in 2001, seeks to ground Paul's language of sin in the socio-cultural context of his original letters. T. L. Carter draws on the work of social anthropologist Mary Douglas to conduct a cross-cultural analysis of the symbolism of the power of sin in the letters, examining thoroughly Douglas' 'Grid and Group' model and defending its use as a heuristic tool for New Testament scholars. He uses this model to examine the social location of Paul and the communities to which he wrote and offers a fresh insight into key passages from 1 Corinthians, Galatians and Romans. Carter concludes that an important part of Paul's purpose was to safeguard the position of law-free Gentile believers by redrawing social boundaries along eschatological rather than ethnic lines.

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6 b/w illus.

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Cambridge University Press

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