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1 Corinthians 10:1-17
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of
Spirit: "Grace" |
| Comparative texts about
Baptism:
Water & Spirit from DSS, Josephus, Babylonian Talmud. At
(Rutgers University Dept of Religion) Mahlon H. Smith's
Into His Own: Perspective on the
World of Jesus companion to the historical study of Christian texts. |
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"Supper & Eucharist," The Jesus Database, an online annotated inventory of
the traditions concerning the life and teachings of Jesus. Dr. Gregory C.
Jenks, FaithFutures Foundation. |
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Chapter I,
The
Epistle of Ignatius to the Magnesians,
Ignatius of Antioch (c.110).
(Longer version only - 4th cent interpolation.) |
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Chapter IX,
The
Epistle of Ignatius to the Philadelphians,
Ignatius of Antioch (c. 110).
(Longer Version only - 4th cent interpolation) |
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Similitude VII,
Shepherd of
Hermas. (c.145) |
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IV.XIV.3,
IV.XXVII.3,
IV.XXXVI.6,
Adversus
Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons.
(c. 180) |
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Chapter I,
Chapter IX,
Adversus
Judaeos, Tertullian
(c. 198) |
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Chapter
XX, On Baptism,
Tertullian
(c. 198) |
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I.11,
II.10,
Paedagogus,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
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II.6,
V.1,
VII.16,
Stromata,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
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Chapter V,
The
Prescription of Heretics,
Tertullian
(c.200) |
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II.9,
On
The Apparel of Women,
Tertullian (c.
202) |
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III.V,
Against
Marcion, Tertullian
(c. 209) |
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IV.35,
Against
Marcion, Tertullian
(c. 210) |
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Chapter
LVIII, On the Resurrection of the Flesh,
Tertullian
(c. 211) |
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V.7,
Against
Marcion, Tertullian
(c. 212) |
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III.II.3,
First
Principles (De Principiis),
Origen.
(c.225) |
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V.III,
The
Refutation of all Heresies (Philosophumena),
Hippolytus of Rome.
(c. 225) |
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I.8,
Commentary
on the Gospel of John,
Origen.
(c.228) |
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VI.26,
Commentary on the Gospel of John, Philocalia [anthology of Origen prepared by St.
Basil and St. Gregory Nazianzen],
Origen.
(c.230) |
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IV.XLIII,
IV.XLIX,
Against
Celsus, Origen. (c.246) |
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XII.10,
XII.11,
Commentary
on the Gospel of Matthew,
Origen. (c.247) |
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Epistle LI
-- Cyprian of Carthage (c.
252) |
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Epistle LXXV
-- Cyprian of Carthage (c.
255) |
| From the
Geneva Notes.
 | "To tempt Christ is to provoke
him to a combat as it were, which those men do who abuse the
knowledge that he has given them, and make it to serve for a cloak
for their lusts and wickedness." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
| "Carnal desires gain strength
by indulgence, therefore should be checked in their first rise. Let
us fear the sins of Israel, if we would shun their plagues." |
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| From
Wesley's
Notes.
| "It would have been improper
to say, Neither let us be idolaters; for he was himself in no danger
of idolatry; nor probably of murmuring against Christ, or the divine
providence." |
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On Temptation
(1 Cor 10:13). Sermon by John Wesley. |
| From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "Christ is the pillar cloud
that screens us from the heat of God's wrath. Christ as "the
light of the world" is our "pillar of fire" to guide
us in the darkness of the world. As the rock when smitten sent forth
the waters, so Christ, having been once for all smitten, sends forth
the waters of the Spirit. As the manna bruised in mills fed Israel,
so Christ, when "it pleased the Lord to bruise Him," has
become our spiritual food. A strong proof of inspiration is given in
this fact, that the historical parts of Scripture, without
the consciousness even of the authors, are covert prophecies of the
future." |
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| From
The People's New
Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "Neither let us tempt Christ, as, etc.
The event referred to is narrated in Num. 21:4-6, which see. The
application is, that we should not be discontented over hardships or
long for the sinful pleasures of a former life from which we have
parted." |
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| Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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"First
Thoughts on Passages on Year C Epistle Passages in the Lectionary,"
Lent 3, William Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in
Australia.
| "Faith understood as an ongoing
relation on engagement in God and with God in the world can never sit back
in distraction or religious self-preoccupation or self indulgence, because
the God we know in Jesus keeps opening our eyes to both joy and pain, to
wonder and to need, and inviting us to see them and not withdraw from
them, which is the wont of religion." |
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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"The Cup of Death,"
William Willimon, The Christian Century, 1982.
At Religion Online.
| "The cross suggests that this good news
is the beginning of problems we would gladly have avoided, the turning
away from the quest for self-fulfillment, the ultimate mocking of our
claims for goodness. The principalities and powers tremble only before the
cross. Nothing less than death will do -- painful, full-scale conversion,
letting go, turning from ourselves and toward God." |
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"Full Communion," Martin E. Marty,
The Christian Century, 2001.
| "Now that the 'ecumenical century' has
ended, Christians must ask, 'How are the people of `one baptism' and `one
bread' doing?'" |
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"Table Fellowship," study guide for
adults, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at)
"Food
and Hunger," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian
Ethics at Baylor University, 2004. |
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"Learn from
Old Israel's Experience," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources.
| "Our passage for study is part of wider
section where Paul deals with the dangers associated with participation in
pagan religion, in particular, eating food offered to idols." |
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Kairos CoMotion Lectionary Discussion,
1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Wesley White. "A place of
conversation regarding Progressive Christianity."
| "No
safety. No exemption. Not for Moses, Jesus, me, or thee. Herein is a
commonality between us." |
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"That Rock Was
Christ," Expository Essay,
1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Dr. William R. Long.
| "...the heart of the passage is the
most dire warning to the people not to do the thing that they really,
according to Paul's logic, have the freedom to do." |
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"Worship
Wars," analysis and reflection by Robin
Morgan in Sabbatheology by The Crossings Community of St
Louis.
| "But while Israel and we are
tempted--and actually try --to lean on things that cannot support us
(golden calves or other such things), God offers us something solid,
something truly worthy of our worship: That something is the Rock
that came after Israel and that is in our midst: Jesus Christ (v.
4)." |
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| Articles & Background:
| "Meals, Food and
Tablefellowship." Jerome H. Neyrey, in The Social Sciences and New Testament
Interpretation, 159-82. R. L. Rohrbaugh, ed. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1996.
| "How
can readers understand the particular ceremony of meals and table fellowship? Why are
meals so important as symbols of broader social relationships? How can we peer below the
surface and grasp the social dynamics encoded in meals and commensality, what
anthropologists call "the language of meals"?" |
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"The Ordering of Community: New Testament Perspectives," Ellen Bradshaw
Aitken, Anglican Theological Review, 2003.
| "Inasmuch as Paul's letters also allow
some small access to the perspectives and voices of those to whom he wrote
and with whom he negotiated, we also receive glimpses into those other
experiments in Christian community, into ways other than Paul's of
centering communal identity and practice around the memory of Jesus." |
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"One God,
One Lord, One People: Incarnational Christology for a Church in a Pagan Environment,"
N.T. Wright. At North Park Seminary's Ex Auditu.
| "It means, clearly, that love
and concern for other members of the community is to be placed ahead of all attempts at
personal self-realization." |
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| Articles in
ATLAS Journals. (Direct link when you are
subscribed and logged in to
ATLASerials online collection of Religion and Theology Journals.):
| Baird, William,
"1 Corinthians 10:1-13, Expository Article,"
Interpretation,
1990. |
| Bandstra, Andrew J.,
"Interpretation of 1 Corinthians 10:1-11,"
Calvin Theological Journal,
1971. |
| Ciocchi, David M.,
"Understanding Our Ability to Endure Temptation: A Theological Watershed,"
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, 1992. |
| Collier, Gary D.,
"'That We Might Not Crave Evil': The Structure and Argument of 1 Corinthians
10:1-13," Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 1994. |
| Garland, David E.,
"The Dispute Over food Sacrificed to Idols (1 Cor 8:1 - 11:1),"
Perspectives in Religious Studies, 2003. |
| Goppelt, Leonhard, tranlsated by Mathias
Rissi,
"Paul and
Heilgeschichte: Conclusions from Romans 4 and 1 Corinthians
10:1-13," Interpretation, 1967. |
| Hays, Richard B.,
"On Hearing Bad News,"
The Christian Century, 1992. |
| Marty, Martin E.,
"Full Communion," The Christian Century, 2001. |
| Meeks, Wayne A.,
"'And Rose up to Play': Midrash and Paraenesis in 1 Corinthians 10:1-22,"
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 1982. |
| Oropeza, B.J.,
"Apostasy in the Wilderness: Paul's Message to the Corinthians in a State of
Eschatological Liminality," Journal for the Study of the New
Testament, 1999. |
| Smit, J.,
"'Do Not Be Idolaters': Paul's Rhetoric in First Corinthians 10:1-22,"
Novum Testamentum, 1997. |
| Songer, Harold S.,
"Problems Arising from the Worship of Idols: 1 Corinthians 8:1-11:1,"
Review & Expositor, 1983. |
| Still, E. Coye, III,
"Paul's Aims Regarding
EIDWLOTHUTA: A New Proposal for Interpreting 1
Corinthians 8:1-11:1," Novum Testamentum, 2002. |
| Willimon, William H.,
"The Cup of Death," The Christian Century, 1982. |
| Willis, Wendell, "1 Corinthians 8-10:
A Retrospective after Twenty-Five Years," Restoration Quarterly,
2007.
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| Sermons: |
| Reviews:
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Review: John Fotopoulos,
Food Offered to Idols in Roman Corinth: A
Social-Rhetorical Reconsideration of 1 Corinthians 8:1 - 11:1. Mohr
Siebeck, 2003. Review by Alex Cheung in The Journal of the Evangelical
Theological Society, 2004. |
| Phua, Richard Liong-Seng,
Idolatry and Authority: A Study of 1 Corinthians 8:1 - 11:1 in the Light
of the Jewish Diaspora. T&T Clark, 2005.
Review
by Scott McClelland, Review of Biblical Literature, 2008. |
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