Paul, Community, and Discipline

Adam G. White

doi:10.5771/9781978711921

Summary

Over the course of several years, Paul established numerous Christian communities in cities throughout the Roman Empire. Each of these small groups was founded on the premise of inclusivity, mutual love, and shared concern for other members. But what happened when these core tenets were challenged or undermined? In Paul, Community, and Discipline: Establishing Boundaries and Dealing with the Disorderly, Adam G. White begins by examining the practice of exile and expulsion in the cities of the Graeco-Roman world as well as in the specific social institutions of the family, school, association, and synagogue. He then examines the Pauline letters in light of this context, arguing that what we see in Paul's communities is both a continuation of as well as a divergence from contemporary practices.

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Copyright year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-1-9787-1191-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-9787-1192-1
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 270
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Abbreviations No access
3. Acknowledgments No access
1. Note No access
1. 1. Ostracism in Practice No access
  2. The Victims of Ostracism No access
  3. From Ostracism to Exile No access
  4. Civic Harmony in Greece No access
  5. Notes No access
2. 1. The Origins of Roman Exile No access
  2. Voluntary Exile No access
  3. Exile and Civic Harmony No access
  4. The Formalisation of Exile in the Late Republic No access
  5. Notes No access
3. 1. Exile under Tiberius and Caligula No access
  2. Exile under Claudius and Nero No access
  3. Notes No access
4. 1. Citizenship in the Greek City-States No access
  2. Citizenship in Rome No access
  3. Losing One’s Citizenship No access
  4. The Grief of Exile No access
  5. Dealing with the Grief No access
  6. Recalling Exiles No access
  7. Notes No access
5. 1. The Family as a Community No access
  2. Expulsion from the Family No access
  3. The School as Community No access
  4. The Association as Community No access
  5. Expulsion from the Association No access
  6. Notes No access
6. 1. Expulsion in the Essene Community No access
  2. Expulsion in the Diaspora No access
  3. Community Structure and the Synagogue No access
  4. Forms of Punishment in the Jewish Community No access
  5. Notes No access
7. Summary of Part 1 No access
1. 1. Christ Groups and Philosophical Schools No access
  2. Christ Groups and Households No access
  3. Christ Groups and Synagogues No access
  4. Christ Groups and Associations No access
  5. Getting in and Staying in: Baptism and Communion No access
  6. Notes No access
2. 1. 1 Corinthians 4:14–21 and the Use of Warnings No access
  2. Admonishment (1 Cor 4:14) No access
  3. Timothy’s Follow-up Warning (1 Cor 4:15–17) No access
  4. Paul’s Final Warning (1 Cor 4:18–21) No access
  5. The Rod as Excommunication No access
  6. Notes No access
3. 1. Two Cases of Failed Arbitration No access
  2. The Charge (1 Cor 5:1–2) No access
  3. The Procedure (1 Cor 5:3–13) No access
  4. Another Failure (1 Cor 6:1–8) No access
  5. Dealing with a Wrongdoer (1 Cor 6:9–11) No access
  6. Notes No access
4. 1. Getting it Wrong—Again! No access
  2. Getting it Right—Finally! No access
  3. Removing the Wrongdoer No access
  4. Notes No access
5. 1. Initial Command (1 Thess 4:1–2, 11–12; 2 Thess 3:10) No access
  2. Problems in Thessalonica No access
  3. Initial Warnings (1 Thess 5:12–14; 2 Thess 3:6–14) No access
  4. Removal of the offenders (2 Thess 3:14–15) No access
  5. Notes No access
6. 1. Social Identity and the Black Sheep Effect No access
  2. Social Identity in Paul’s Communities No access
  3. Black Sheep in Corinth No access
  4. Black Sheep in Thessalonica No access
  5. Black Sheep in Galatia No access
  6. Black Sheep in Rome No access
  7. Black Sheep in Philippi No access
  8. Notes No access
7. 1. Dealing with Unruly Widows No access
  2. Dealing with Unruly Elders No access
  3. Dealing with False Teachers in Crete No access
  4. Dealing with False Teachers in Ephesus No access
  5. Notes No access
Conclusion No access Pages 233 - 238
Bibliography No access Pages 239 - 264
Index No access Pages 265 - 268
About the Author No access Pages 269 - 270