Paul's Teaching on the Pneumatika in 1 Corinthians 12-14 (eBook)

Prophecy as the Paradigm of ta Charismata ta Meizona for the Future-Oriented Ekklēsia

Soeng Yu Li (Autor)

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2017 | 1. Auflage
563 Seiten
Mohr Siebeck (Verlag)
978-3-16-155460-5 (ISBN)

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In this study, Soeng Yu Li explores Paul's understanding of the charismata in 1 Corinthians 12-14 and why the apostle focuses on the charisma of prophecy in 1 Corinthians 14. After demonstrating that the semantic relationship between charismata and pneumatika is to be understood as meronymy, the author then offers an exegesis of 1 Corinthians 12-14 from a meronymic point of view. In 1 Corinthians 12-14, Paul teaches about the topic pneumatika, the things that characterize the life of the pneumatikoi. Paul teaches the Corinthians that as pneumatikoi, both their behaviour and their practice of their apportioned charismata must be characterized by agap?. Only in this way can they build up the ekkl?sia in the here and now towards the promised eschatological future. To illustrate his teaching, Paul uses prophecy as the paradigm of ta charismata ta meizona for the gathered ekkl?sia living in the future-oriented present.

Born 1980; studied sinology and theology; 2016 PhD; currently researcher for New Testament exegesis at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.

Inhalt

Cover 1
Preface 6
Table of Content 8
List of Figures 15
List of Abbreviations 16
General Introduction 22
Part I: The Verbal Noun ??????? in Non-Pauline Literatureand the New Testament 30
Chapter 1: The Verbal Noun ??????? in Non-Pauline Literature 32
Introduction 32
I. The verbal Noun ??????? 33
II. The verbal Noun ??????? in Non-Pauline Literature 37
1. The Verbal Noun ??????? within Biblical Tradition but Non-Pauline Texts 37
a. Sir 7:33 and 38:30 38
b. Philo: Leg. All. 3,78 43
c. Theodotion: Ps 30:22 53
2. The Verbal Noun ??????? within Non-Biblical Texts 66
a. Sibylline Oracles 2,54 66
b. Alciphron Ep III,17,4 69
c. Greek papyri 70
Conclusion 70
Chapter 2: The Verbal Noun ??????? in the New Testament 74
Introduction 74
I. Technical or General Meaning of ??????? 74
II. The Referent of ??????? in 1 Cor 1:7 76
1. Scholarly Understanding of the Meaning of ??????? in 1 Cor 1:7 76
2. Introductory Epistolary Function 80
3. Thanksgiving Period as Transition to the Body of the Letter 84
4. The Thanksgiving Period as the Hermeneutical Frame of the Letter 87
5. Interpretation of ??????? in Light of a Christocentric Hermeneutical Frame 89
6. Synthesis 94
III. The Referent of ??????? in 1 Cor 7:7 96
1. Not a General Rule 96
2. Scholarly Understanding of ??????? in 1 Cor 7:7 97
3. Rereading 1 Corinthians 7 101
a. Anaphoric or Cataphoric Function of ????? in 1 Cor 7:6? 101
b. Paul’s Anxious Advice in 1 Corinthians 7 106
IV. The Referent of ??????? in 2 Cor 1:11 111
V. The Referent of ??????? in Rom 1:11 112
VI. The Referent of ??????? in Rom 5:15–16 114
VII. The Referent of ??????? in Rom 6:23 116
VIII. The Referent of ??????? in Rom 11:29 116
IX. The Referent of ??????? in Rom 12:6 117
X. The Referent of ??????? in 1 Tim 4:14 and 2 Tim 1:6 119
XI. The Referent of ??????? in 1 Pet 4:10 120
Conclusion 121
Part II: The Gender of ??????????? and ItsSemantic Relationship with ????????? 124
Chapter 3: Concerning the Gender of ??????????? (1 Cor 12:1) 126
Introduction 126
I. Grammatical Gender of ??????????? in 1 Cor 12:1 126
II. The Usage of ??????????? in Greek Literature and in the Corpus Paulinum 127
III. Masculine Gender: ??????????? as “Spiritual Persons” 130
IV. Neuter Gender: ?????????? as “Spiritual Gifts” 137
Conclusion 137
Chapter 4: The Semantic Relationship between ?????????? and ????????? 138
Introduction 138
I. Synonymy 138
1. ?????????? and ????????? as Synonyms 139
2. Scholars in Favour of Synonymy 141
a. James D.G. Dunn 141
b. Siegfried S. Schatzmann 145
c. D.A. Carson 149
d. Synthesis: Synonymy 154
II. Hyponomy 155
1. Hyponomy I: ????????? as the Hypernym of ?????????? 157
a. Inspired Speech as the Referent of ?????????? 157
1) Max-Alain Chevallier and David L. Baker: ?????????? as Glossolalia and Prophecy 159
2) D.W.B. Robinson: ?????????? as Glossolalia 164
3) Synthesis: Chevallier, Baker and Robinson 166
b. Ralph P. Martin: ?????????? as Gifts in Public Worship 168
c. Synthesis: ????????? as the Hypernym of ?????????? 170
2. Hyponymy II: ?????????? as the Hypernym of ????????? 171
III. Meronymy 172
1. Robert L. Thomas 175
2. Heinz Schürmann 178
3. Richard Giesriegl 181
4. Ulrich Brockhaus 186
5. Friedrich Grau 192
6. Francis A. Sullivan 197
7. Synthesis: Meronymy 202
IV. Undefined Semantic Relationship: Kenneth S. Hemphill 203
Conclusion 209
Part III: Reading 1 Corinthians 12–14 from a Meronymic Point of View 212
Chapter 5: Reading 1 Corinthians 12 from a Meronymic Point of View 214
Introduction 214
I. Confessing ?????? ?????? ?? ???????? ????: 1 Cor 12:1–3 214
1. Major Scholarly Interpretations of 1 Cor 12:1–3 214
2. Motif of Knowledge in 1 Cor 12:1–3 218
3. Potential Meaning of ???? ?? ??? ??????????? (1 Cor 12:1a) 219
4. Syntax of 1 Cor 12:2 223
5. Focus on the Spirit in 1 Cor 12:1–3 229
6. Synthesis: A Life Guided by the ?????? (1 Cor 12:1–3) 238
II. Three Agents Announcing a Tripartite Structure: 1 Cor 12:4–6 240
1. Parallel Structure, Key Location and Function of 1 Cor 12:4–6 within 1 Corinthians 12 242
2. The Meaning of 1 Cor 12:4–6 in Relation to 1 Cor 12:7–30 246
a. The meaning of 12:4 in Relation to 12:7–11 247
1) 1 Cor 12:7–11 247
2) Understanding 1 Cor 12:4 in Light of 12:7–11 252
b. The Meaning of 12:5 in Relation to 12:12–27 256
1) 1 Cor 12:12–27 257
a) A Flexible Metaphor 257
b) Exegesis of 1 Cor 12:12–27 261
2) Understanding 1 Cor 12:5 in Light of 1 Cor 12:12–27 271
c. The Meaning of 12:6 in Relation to 12:28–30 273
1) 1 Cor 12:28–30 273
2) Understanding 1 Cor 12:6 in Light of 1 Cor 12:28–30 279
d. Synthesis: The Relationship between 1 Cor 12:4.5.6 from a Meronymic Point of View 282
III. The Transitional Verse 1 Cor 12:31, Linking 1 Corinthians 12 with 1 Corinthians 13 285
1. Scholarly Understanding of the Relationship between 1 Cor 12:31a and 12:31b 286
2. Some Remarks Concerning the Scholarly Understanding of 12:31 292
3. Reading 1 Cor 12:31 as a Transitional Verse 293
a. Reading of 12:31a 294
b. Reading of 1 Cor 12:31b 295
1) Syntactical Function of ???? ????????? 296
2) ???? 300
3) The Eschatological Dimension of ?????, the ???? ????????? ???? 302
Conclusion 305
Chapter 6: Reading 1 Corinthians 13 from a Meronymic Point of View 310
Introduction 310
I. Literary Genre, Authorship and Rhetorical Function 310
II. Exegesis of 1 Corinthians 13 319
1. Continuation of 1 Corinthians 12 320
2. The Consequences of Lacking ????? (1 Cor 13:1–3) 321
3. Function of 1 Cor 13:4–7 332
4. Exegesis of 1 Cor 13:8–13 338
a. The Characteristics of the Present Age and the Coming Age: 1 Cor 13:8–12 340
b. The Future-Oriented Present: 1 Cor 13:13 346
5. Synthesis: ????? the ???? ????????? ???? in the Future-Oriented Present 354
Conclusion 355
Chapter 7: Reading 1 Corinthians 14 from a Meronymic Point of View 358
Introduction 358
I. Structure of the Text 358
II. Exegesis of 1 Corinthians 14 359
1. The Discursive Part: Preference of Prophecy over Glossolalia (1 Cor 14:1–25) 359
a. Prophecy Preferred over Glossolalia: ????????-Internal Reason (1 Cor 14:1–5) 361
b. Insufficiency of Glossolalia (1 Cor 14:6–19) 366
1) Unintelligibility Illustrated (1 Cor 14:6–12) 366
2) The Unfruitfulness of Unintelligibility (1 Cor 14:13–19) 374
c. Prophecy Preferred over Glossolalia: ????????-External Reason (1 Cor 14:20–25) 377
2. Normative Part: 1 Cor 14:26–35 378
a. General Rule for the Gathering of the ???????? (1 Cor 14:26) 378
b. Regulations for the Glossolalists during the Gathering of the ???????? (1 Cor 14:27–28) 380
c. Regulations for the Prophetic Activity during the Gathering of the ???????? (1 Cor 14:29–33a) 381
d. Regulations for the Women during the Evaluation of Prophecies (1 Cor 14:33b–35) 385
1) Non-Pauline Interpolation or Pauline Authenticity? 387
2) Delimitation of the Schweigegebot 390
3) Reading of 1 Cor 14:33b–35 391
3. The Conclusion of 1 Corinthians 12–14 (1 Cor 14:36–40) 398
a. The Double Exhortation in 1 Cor 14:36–40 398
b. To Behave as Is Appropriate for the ??????????? (1 Cor 14:36–38.39–40) 400
Conclusion 404
Chapter 8: Synthesis of Reading 1 Corinthians 12–14 from a Meronymic Point of View 408
Introduction 408
I. Structure of 1 Corinthians 12–14 408
II. What Does Paul Wish to Teach the Corinthians Concerning the ??????????? 410
III. What Are the ??????????? 415
1. What Is the Identity of the ???????????? 416
2. How Do the ??????????? Build Up the ????????? 418
3. Upshot: What Are ??????????? 418
IV. Frequently Asked Questions 419
1. What Is the Relationship between ?????????? and ?????????? .. 419
2. What Are ????????? in the New Testament? 420
3. What is the Relationship between ????? and ???????? 422
Part IV: Prophecy as the Paradigm of ?? ??????????? ??????? in 1 Corinthians 12–14 424
Chapter 9: Prophecy as the Paradigm of ?? ????????? ?? ??????? in 1 Corinthians 12 and 13 426
Introduction 426
I. Prophecy in 1 Corinthians 12 426
II. Prophecy in 1 Corinthians 13 427
1. ????????? in 13:2 428
a. The Number of ????????? in 13:2 428
b. The Content of ????????? 431
2. ????????? in 13:8–12 436
a. The Structure of 13:8–12 436
b. Closely Connected Terms: ????????? and ?????? 438
c. Future Fate of ?????????-?????? and ???????: ???????? and ??????? 439
d. In the Present Characterized as ?? ?????? (1 Cor 13:9–10) 441
e. Two Illustrations (1 Cor 13:11–12) 442
1) The ?????? – ???? Image (1 Cor 13:11) 442
2) The Mirror Metaphor: Exegesis of 1 Cor 13:12 443
a) Parallel Structure of 1 Cor 13:12 443
b) The Content of 1 Cor 13:12 445
Conclusion 463
Chapter 10: Prophecy as the Paradigm of ?? ??????? in 1 Corinthians 14 466
Introduction 466
I. Prophecy in the Discursive Part (1 Cor 14:1–25) 466
1. The Effects of Intelligibility (1 Cor 14:1–5) 467
a. ???????? 467
b. ?????????? and ????????? 469
2. Emphasis on Intelligibility (1 Cor 14:6–19) 474
3. The Effects of Prophecy on the Unbelievers (1 Cor 14:20–25) 475
a. The Puzzle of 1 Cor 14:20–25 476
b. Solving the Puzzle of 1 Cor 14:20–25 476
c. Synthesis of Our Solution to the Puzzle 493
II. Prophecy in the Normative Part (1 Cor 14:26–35) 494
III. Prophecy in 1 Cor 14:36–40, the General Conclusion of 1 Corinthians 12–14 502
Conclusion 503
General Conclusion 506
Bibliography 516
Introduction 516
I. Primary Literature 517
1. Text Editions 517
2. Tools 518
II. Secondary Literature 521
1. Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 521
2. Commentaries on Other Biblical Books 523
3. Studies 524
Index of References 544
Old Testament and LXX 544
New Testament 546
Ancient Authors and Texts 554
Index of Names 556
Index of Subjects 561

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.10.2017
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum
• ISBN-10: 3-16-155460-4 / 3161554604
• ISBN-13: 978-3-16-155460-5 / 9783161554605