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The Scandal of Community

Pauline Factions and the Circulation of Grace
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 2021

Summary

Taylor M. Weaver offers a provocative reading of Pauline community, focusing on social and historical readings of the Pauline collection, body metaphors, and socio-politics of the gift, through models and methods developed by critical theorists. Weaver pays attention to conceptual apparatuses revolving around gifting, community, and immunity found in the writings of Italian philosopher Roberto Esposito, augmenting common readings of the historical Paul, while also enriching philosophical co-optations of Paul. Using critical theories (revolving around munus/gift), Weaver unveils different gifting types, showing how these expand one’s understanding of early Christian community. The study ends with a new exegesis of 2 Corinthians 8:1–15, illuminating the text through effective theoretical avenues. This book expands methodological borders, providing innovative models of Pauline Christianity, and developing new readings of community profitable to both New Testament studies and theory.

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Bibliographic data

Edition
1/2021
Copyright year
2021
ISBN-Print
978-1-9787-1182-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-9787-1183-9
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
256
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Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Acknowledgments No access
  1. Introduction No access Pages 1 - 14
    1. Chapter 1 Esposito and the Contours of Communitas No access
    2. Chapter 2 Contemporary Orientations of Community No access
    3. Chapter 3 Neoliberal Communities No access
    1. Chapter 4 Reading Paul through Distorted Optics No access
    2. Chapter 5 Pauline Community No access
    3. Chapter 6 The Pauline Communitas No access
  2. Conclusion No access Pages 227 - 228
  3. Bibliography No access Pages 229 - 248
  4. Index No access Pages 249 - 254
  5. About the Author No access Pages 255 - 256