Paul and Image - Reading First Corinthians in Visual Terms

In Paul and Image, Philip Erwin challenges conventional interpretations of First Corinthians by focusing on the role that ancient Roman visual culture played in the lives of Paul and those of the people of Corinth.

List of contents

Chapter One Plato's Critique of Art and the Phenomenon of Mimesis: the Beginning of a Philosophical Dialogue

Chapter Two Art in Dialogue (with Plato): Occasions of Appropriation and Rejoinder in Philo of Alexandria, Dio Chrysostom, and Lucian of Samosata

Chapter Three Paul on Speech and Image in 1 Cor 1-2: Entering a Dialogue

Chapter Four Paul on the Power of Images in 1 Cor 8 and 10: Externalizing the Dialogue

Chapter Five Paul on the Death and Resurrection of the Image in 1 Cor 15: Toward an End of the Dialogue

About the author

By Philip Erwin

Product details

• Authors: Philip Erwin, Erwin Philip
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781978710719
• ISBN: 978-1-978710-71-9
• No. of pages: 270
• Series: Paul in Critical Contexts
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; ART / History / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, RELIGION / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General, Bibles, History of art / art & design styles, History of Religion, History of Art, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts, BCE to c 500 CE, New Testaments, BCE period – Protohistory, Biblical Studies & Exegesis