Paul and the Power of Sin

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"Paul and the Power of Sin seeks to ground Paul's language of sin in the socio-cultural context of his original letters. T.L. Carter draws on the work of social anthropologist Mary Douglas to conduct a cross-cultural analysis of the symbolism of the power of sin in the letters, examining thoroughly Douglas' 'Grid and Group' model and defending its use as a heuristic tool for New Testament scholars. He uses this model to examine the social location of Paul and the communities to which he wrote, and offers a fresh insight into key passages from 1 Corinthians, Galatians and Romans. Carter concludes that an important part of Paul's purpose was to safeguard the position of law-free Gentile believers by redrawing social boundaries along eschatological rather than ethnic lines."--Jacket.

subjects: Socio-rhetorical criticism,  Gentiles in the New Testament,  Bible,  Sin,  Biblical teaching,  Sündenlehre,  Brieven van Paulus,  Critique sociorhétorique,  Heidenen,  Péché,  Gentils dans le Nouveau Testament,  Zonde,  Enseignement biblique,  Exegese,  Sociologische aspecten,  Sünde,  Kulturanthropologie,  Briefe,  Socio-rhetorical criticism of sacred works,  Bible, criticism, interpretation, etc., n. t. epistles,  Bible, commentaries, n. t. epistles of paul