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1、[JSNT65(1997)67-83]PAULBETWEENJEWSANDGENTILESINCORINTH*JackT.SandersReligiousStudiesDepartment,UniversityofOregon,Eugene,OR97403IRevisinganearliercommunicationtotheChristiancongregationatCorinth,Paulsoughtin1Cor.5.9-13toclarifyhisadviceonassociatingwith
2、immoralpersons.Whathehadmeant,heexplained,was‘tohavenocontactwithsomeonecalledabrotherwhoshouldbeafornicatororgreedyoranidolatororarevileroradrunkorarobber’(v.11).In6.9-10,then,heexpandedthelistbysayingthat‘neitherfornicatorsnoridolatorsnoradulterersnor
3、effeminatemales[i.e.,theobjectsofpederasts]norhomosexualsnorthievesnorgreedypersonsnordrunksnorrevilersnorrobberswillinherittheKingdomofGod’.Weseethattheoriginallisthasbeenexpandedtoincludethievesaswellasrobbersandtoincludemoreexplicittypesofsexualimmor
4、alitythantherathervaguefornication.SinceitishisdiscussionofacaseofnotableporneivathatpromptsPaulfirsttogivethislist,andsincehethengoesontodiscussvariousaspectsofmale–femalebehaviorandthenissuesrelatedtoidol-food,andsincehedoesnotfurthertakeupadiscussiono
5、fthievesandrobbers,ofdrunks,orofgreedypersonsorrevilers,wemayperhapsinferthattheselatterformsofundesirablebehaviorarenotatissueinCorinth.ItisnowthepurposeofthisessaytoseekasociallocationforPaul’sethicalpositionregardingtheCorinthianChristians’sexualandr
6、eligiouspractices.Twopaperspresentedatthe1991Copenhagenconferenceon‘PaulandhisHellenisticBackground’haveclarifiedPaul’spositionon*Paperpresentedinthe‘PaulamongDiasporaJews’seminaratthemeetingofSNTS,Prague1995.68JournalfortheStudyoftheNewTestament65(1997)
7、Christians’contactwithothergods—idolatry—quitewell.ThepapersarethoseofAlanSegalandofPederBorgen.Segal,discussingprimarilyGalatians,observedthatinPaul’sview‘theGentilesaretobeaddedtothecommunityofthefaithfulthroughthemodeloftheNoachiancommandments,withno
8、specificrulesofJudaisminplace,1especiallynotcircumcision’.Segalfoundthisview,asthereferencetotheNoachiancommandmentsatonceshows,quiteinkeepingwithmuchofJudaisminPaul’sday;andhecitedseveraltexts,especiallySib.Or.4.24-34:Happywillbe