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The apostle Paul’s reaction to the choices of the immoral man and the congregation in 1 Corinthians 5:1–13 is characterized by both urgency and severity. This book explains why Paul’s response to this specific issue was escalated over and above other serious issues. The answer is derived by analyzing the apostle’s concern for the way in which the situation shaped unbelievers’ perceptions of the ecclesia. Paul’s primary focus in his response was how the Corinthians had confused the clear boundaries which demarcated ingroup membership in the ecclesia. Using a social identity perspective as a framework for elucidating Paul’s understanding of group boundedness in Corinth, this social scientific approach seeks to make explicit that which is implicitly embedded in the text by virtue of the social context in which the words were written and received. Paul viewed the ecclesia as a distinct social entity, held together by shared beliefs about how a Christ-follower should live and how a Christ-follower should relate to others. This conceptualization of group boundedness is communicated through implicit assumption, rather than explicit declaration. The development of the ecclesia in Corinth was in a liminal period where identity formation was being undertaken concurrently with the assimilation of new converts and the development of leadership within the community. Established frameworks for forming social identity needed to be set aside in favor of a strategy for social distinction rooted in ethical conformance, in particular the sexual mores of Christ-followers. Paul notes that the moral standard held by the Corinthian Christ-followers does not accord with even gentile standards, in this case, Roman pagans. Some of Paul’s clearest language regarding ingroup/outgroup association is contextualized within the circumstance of the incestuous man in Corinth. The strong incest taboo existent in first-century Roman culture escalated incestuous behavior to a place of greater significance in Paul’s response to the Corinthian ecclesia. Endorsement of incest within the community diminished their capacity to have a redemptive witness in a way that other ethical shortcomings did not. Expulsion was necessary to reclassify the immoral man as an outgroup member. The cultural values of honor, shame and shamelessness deeply informed the apostle’s rationale for expulsion. Derogation and exclusion from the ecclesia were strategic means of producing greater clarity as to the nature and purpose of the ecclesia, both in the perception of its members and the view of outsiders. In seeking to restore the reputational witness of the ecclesia, Paul emphasized the importance of ritual for ingroup identity formation. Baptism and Eucharist alike were strategic means for defining the ecclesia as a distinct group.

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Aen.	Virgil, Aeneid
App., Syr.	Appian, Συρια
Apul., Apol.	Apuleius, Apologia
Apul., Met.	Apuleius, Metamorphoses
Ar., Frag.	Aristophanes, Fragments
Arist., Eth. Nic.	Aristotle, Ethica Nicomachea
Arist., Rh.	Aristotle, Rhetorica
Ath.	Athenaeus, Deipnosophistae
Augustine, Serm. Dom.	Augustine, De sermone Domini in monte
Catull.	Catullus, Carmina
Chrys., Hom. 1 Cor.	John Chrysostom, Homiliae in epistulam i ad Corinthios
Cic., Cael.	Cicero (Marcus Tullius), Pro Caelio
Cic., Clu.	Cicero (Marcus Tullius), Pro Cluentio
Cic., Leg.	Cicero (Marcus Tullius), De legibus
Cic., Tusc.	Cicero (Marcus Tullius), Tusculanae disputationes
Clem. Al., Strom.	Clement of Alexandria, Stromata
Cod. Theod.	Codex Theodosianus
Curt.	Q. Curtius Rufus, Historiae Alexandri Magni
Dig.	Digesta seu Pandectae
Dio Cass.	Dio Cassius, Historia Romana
Dio Chrys., Or.	Dio Chrysostomus, Orationes
Diod. Sic.	Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca historica
Diog. Laert.	Diogenes Laertius, Vitae Philosophorum
Docs. Aen.	Virgil, Aeneid
Gai., Inst.	Gaius, Institutiones
Gell., NA	Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae
Herod.	Herodas, Mimiamboi
Hom., Il.	Homer, Iliad
Isoc.	Isocrates, Ad Demonicum
Joseph., AJ.	Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae
Justin, Apol.	Justin Martyr, Apologia
Juv.	Juvenal, Satires
Livy, Epit.	Livy, Epitomae
Luc.	Lucan, Pharsalia
Mart., Spect.	Martial, Spectacula
Origen, C. Cels.	Origen, Contra Celsum
Ov., Met.	Ovid, Metamorphoses
Ov., Tr.	Ovid, Tristia
Paus.	Pausanias, Hellados Periegesis
Pesah.	Mishnah Pesachim
Philo, Jos.	Philo, De Josepho
Philo, Leg.	Philo, Legatio ad Gaium
Philo, Spec.	Philo, De Specialibus Legibus
Pind., Ol.	Pindar, Olympian Odes
Pind., Frag.	Pindar, Fragments
Pl., Leg.	Plato, Leges
Pl., Resp.	Plato, Respublica
Plin., Ep.	Pliny (the Younger), Epistulae
Plin., HN.	Pliny (the Elder), Naturalis historia
Plut., Mor. Amat.	Plutarch, Moralia Amatorius
Plut., Mor. De aud.	Plutarch, Moralia De Auditu
Plut., Mor. De frat. amor.	Plutarch, Moralia De fraterno amore
Plut., Mor. Quaest. conv.	Plutarch, Moralia Quaestiones convivales
Plut., Mor. Quaest. Rom.	Plutarch, Moralia Quaestiones Romanae
Plut., Vit. Cim.	Plutarch, Vitae Parallelae Cimon
Plut., Vit. Demetr.	Plutarch, Vitae Parallelae Demetrius
POxy.	Oxyrhynchus Papyri
RGDA	Res Gestae Divi Augusti
Sen., Ep.	Seneca (the Younger), Epistulae
Sen., Phaed.	Seneca (the Younger), Phaedra
Sen., Ben	Seneca (the Younger), De beneficiis
Sext. Emp., Pyr.	Sextus Empiricus, Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις
Strab.	Strabo, Geography
Suet., Calig.	Suetonius, Gaius Caligula
Suet., Claud.	Suetonius, Divus Claudius
Tac., Ann.	Tacitus, Annales
Tatianus, Ad Gr.	Tatianus, Oratio ad Graecos
Tert., Apol.	Tertullian, Apologeticus
Tert., De pud.	Tertullian, De Pudicitia
Theoph., Ad Autol.	Theophilus, Ad Autolycum

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Urgency and Severity: Pauline Rationale for Expulsion in 1 Corinthians 5:1-13

Series: Biblical Interpretation Series, Volume: 221

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Print Publication Date:: 03 May 2024

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