Exclusion and Judgment in Fellowship Meals: The Sociohistorical Background of 1 Corinthians 11:1734,Used

Product Description In Exclusion and Judgment in Fellowship Meals, Lanuwabang Jamir seeks to demonstrate that the tradition of fellowship meals in the ancient world form the background against which the Lords Supper must be understood. Similarly, the basis of Pauls response to the situation in Corinth and his theology of the Lords Supper is to be found in these traditions. The role of the fellowship meal in GrecoRoman and Jewish culture indicate that it was an important institution that played a pivotal role in the functioning of society. Judgment was an integral part of the fellowship meal traditions and it made such meal practices all the more significant in ancient cultures. For example, Jamir reveals that socialeconomic factors were only part of the problem in Corinth, where differences in ideology were the underlying cause of divisions in the church. Pauls response to the problem shows that he upheld the fellowship meal traditions, linking sickness and death with the abuse of the Lords Supper. The concept of judgment in the Lords Supper, while based on the fellowship meal traditions, has been redefined in the light of the Gospel tradition.Table of ContentsForeword by Steve WaltonAcknowledgmentsIntroductionAbbreviationsChapter 1Fellowship Meals: Practices in the Ancient WorldIntroductionFellowship Meals in the Ancient WorldFellowship Meals in the GrecoRoman MilieuFellowship Meals in Different SettingsFellowship Meals Customs and PracticesMoral and Social ResponseFellowship Meals in the Jewish ContextFellowship Meals in the OTIntertestamental PeriodEschatological Judgement and the Messianic BanquetConclusionChapter 2Fellowship Meals: Their Roles and Functions in the Ancient WorldIntroductionCommunal BondingCommunion with the GodsSocial Division and StatusSocial IdentityMorality and EthicsEgalitarianismSocial PoliticsThe Sacred and Secular DimensionsJudgment Motifs and Fellowship mealsDivine JudgmentHuman JudgmentGrecoRoman Influences and JudeoChristian Meal PracticesConclusionChapter 3Fellowship Meals in Corinth: The Abuse at the Lords SupperIntroductionThe Christian Community in CorinthFellowship Meals in the Early ChurchFellowship Meals in CorinthAnalysis of the Corinthian SituationIdentity of the GroupsPauls Response to the Corinthian SituationPauls Interpretation of the Lords Supper TraditionThe Antecedent of the Lords SupperThe Saying over the Bread (v. 24)The Saying over the Cup (v. 25)The Proclamation at the Lords Supper (v. 26)ConclusionChapter 4Judgment at the Lords Supper in CorinthIntroductionJudgment in CorinthJudgment in the Lords Supper??a??????????Causality and the Lords SupperMeal Traditions and Judgment in the Lords Supper?s?e?e??, ????st??, and ?????ta?Restricted or Universal JudgmentThe Lords Supper and Final JudgmentRepentance and the Lords SupperOrdinances for the Lords Supperd???a??t? (v. 28)d?a?????? (v. 29)d?e?????e? (v. 31)??d??es?e (vv. 3334)ConclusionFinal ConclusionBibliographyIndex of Modern AuthorsIndex of Ancient Sources Review This study tackles a highly debated, contentious and difficult subject with integrity and careful consideration. By placing it solidly within the sociohistorical context of the ancient world and against multiple functions of the meals in the societies, this research offers a fresh look at 1 Cor. 11.1734. This is a study worth reading. (Svetlana Khobnya Journal for the Study of The New Testament: Booklist 2017, Volume 39.5 August 2017)