EAN: 9783110778106

POWER AND PERIL - MICHAEL KW SUH KARTONIERT (TB)

This study probes the significance of Paul's statement in 1 Corinthians 3:16 announced to a
group of believers in Corinth: Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the
spirit of God dwells among you? The question is framed in the Greek language such that Paul
expected an affirmative response (i.e. 'Yes  we know we are the temple of God')  and yet
mapping such an idea onto a gathering of people is rather unprecedented in antiquity. By
surveying relevant literary texts and material culture from the ancient Mediterranean (roughly
400 BCE-200 CE)  the author shows how Paul appropriated the concept of temple in his
exhortation to the Corinthians. A few key texts in 1 Corinthians can be read as a cohesive and
coherent set of passages that unpack the idea of the Corinthians as the temple of God. While
these passages are not typically read together  this study shows how themes such as power and
spirit  traditions from Exodus  divine benefits  and sacrificial foods found in these passages
reflect similar concerns observed in temples and other sanctuaries in ancient Greek  Roman  and
Jewish contexts. Careful analysis of the religious experience of visitors to temples-an
important topic that remains largely ignored in secondary literature-gives greater clarity to
the nuances of Paul's temple discourse. As the temple  the Corinthian community not only
receives God's power and benefits  but also remains vulnerable to peril posed by insiders and
outsiders.

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