Young Against the Old - Generational Conflict in First Clement

First Clement responds to a crisis in the Corinthian church by enjoining an ethic of subordination especially to the presbyteroi and episkopoi. Welborn examines the letter's deliberative rhetoric, its blending of citations from the Old Testament and Paul's letters, and its reliance on topoi from Greco-Roman civic discourse.

List of contents

Chapter 1: Prolegomena

Chapter 2: Hypothesis

Chapter 3: Context

Chapter 4: Application

Chapter 5: Reconstruction

About the author

L.L. Welborn is professor of New Testament and early Christian literature at Fordham University.

Summary

First Clement responds to a crisis in the Corinthian church by enjoining an ethic of subordination especially to the presbyteroi and episkopoi. Welborn examines the letter’s deliberative rhetoric, its blending of citations from the Old Testament and Paul’s letters, and its reliance on topoi from Greco-Roman civic discourse.

Product details

• Authors: L L Welborn, L. L. Welborn, L.L. Welborn
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2018
• EAN: 9781978700154
• ISBN: 978-1-978700-15-4
• No. of pages: 292
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Practical theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Christianity / History, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Translating & Interpreting, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Ancient, RELIGION / Biblical Studies / General, Christianity, Religion & beliefs, History of Religion, Translation & interpretation, Literature: history & criticism, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Religion and beliefs, Literature: history and criticism, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, Ancient religions & mythologies, Biblical Studies & Exegesis, Ancient religions and Mythologies, Translation and interpretation