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1 Corinthians
8:1-13
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| Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
 | Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of
Spirit:
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III.VI.5,
III.XVIII.3,
Adversus Haereses,
Irenaeus
of Lyons. (c. 180) |
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Chapter XIII, De
Spectaculis,
Tertullian
(c. 197) |
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II.1, Paedagogus,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
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I.11,
II.11,
II.15,
IV.15,
IV.22,
V.3,
VI.18, Stromata,
Clement of Alexandria (c 200) |
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Chapter XXVII,
The Prescription of Heretics,
Tertullian (c.
200) |
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Chapter IV, Against
Hermogenes,
Tertullian
(c. 205) |
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III.15, Against
Marcion,
Tertullian
(c. 209) |
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Chapter X, On
Idolatry,
Tertullian
(c. 211) |
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Chapter XI, De
Corona,
Tertullian
(c. 211) |
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V.7,
V.11, Against
Marcion,
Tertullian
(c. 212) |
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Chapter
XIV, On Modesty,
Tertullian
(c. 217) |
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I.34, Commentary
on the Gospel of John,
Origen.
(c.228) |
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IV.XXIX,
VIII.IV,
VIII.XXIV,
VIII.XXVIII,
VIII.XXIX,
Against Celsus,
Origen.
(c.246) |
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XI.12,
XI.14,
XIII.22,
XIV.23, Commentary
on the Gospel of Matthew,
Origen. (c.247) |
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Epistle LXI
--
Cyprian of Carthage (c.
249) |
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Chapter V,
Historia Calamitatusm: The Story of My
Misfortunes,
Pierre Abélard
/ Peter Abelard, c. 1140. |
| From the Geneva Notes.
 | "...unless our knowledge
is tempered with charity, it does not only not avail, but also does much
hurt, because it is the mistress of pride. Nay, it does not so much as
deserve the name of godly knowledge, if it is separate from the love of
God, and therefore from the love of our neighbour." |
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| From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
| "There is no proof of
ignorance more common than conceit of knowledge." |
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| From
Wesley's
Notes.
| "Who will follow this
example? What preacher or private Christian will abstain from any thing
lawful in itself, when it offends a weak brother?" |
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| From the Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
| "And yet professing
Christians at Corinth virtually tempted their brethren to their
damnation, so far were they from sacrificing aught for their salvation." |
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| From The
People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
| "The Christian
principle, the rule of love, is, 'If eating meat, or going to the
theater, or going to a ball, or attending the fair, or drinking wine or
beer, causeth my brother to offend, I will not do these things while the
world standeth.'" |
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| Contemporary References, Commentary, and
Comparative Texts:
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"First
Thoughts on Passages on Year B Epistle Passages in the Lectionary:
Epiphany 4," William
Loader, Murdoch University, Uniting Church in Australia, 2003.
| "The issue is always relationships,
seen in the context of God's will of wholeness for people. It can never
just be about being right or about getting people by hook or crook to do
things our way." |
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Comments
(commentary) and
Clippings
(technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican
Diocese of Montreal. |
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"It's
Not What You Know, It's Who You Know,"
David Busic and Jeren Rowell, Preacher's Magazine:
Listening to the Text, Engaging the Text, Preaching the Text.
| "Christians are responsible for how our
actions affect those around us." |
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"Food Offered
to Idols," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources. Includes detailed
textual notes. |
| 1
Corinthians 8:1-13, in Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary's An
Exegetical Study of the Common Lectionary, coordinated by Prof.
John E. Alsup, features rough translation, disposition, immediate
context, broader context, hermeneutical bridge, and contemporary
address.
| "(DR) does Paul's
stress on "knowledge" indicate that he was arguing against a
gnostic faction in Corinth? (CU) or is the content of his understanding
of "knowledge" come out of the context here in ch. 8...being
known by God etc.?" |
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"Strength
Revealed as Weakness," Susan B.W. Johnson, The Christian
Century, 1997. At Religion Online.
| "In the practice of this love,
the presumed strong become the revealed weak, and God uses even that
which is not to bring to nothing the things that are." |
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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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| Oropeza, B.J., "Laying
to Rest the Midrash: Paul’s Message on Meat Sacrificed to Idols in Light of the
Deuteronomistic Tradition," Biblica Vol. 79(1998) 57-68.
Abstract
| "...the Deuteronomic
tradition which Paul echoes in 8, 1–11,1 posits another reason why the
literary integrity of his entire discussion on idol meats may be
maintained. In this section of his letter Paul adopts the Deuteronomic
motif of apostasy through idolatry which is prevalent in the Song of
Moses (Deut 32). The language and ideas derived from this theme are
integrated throughout the apostle's discourse." |
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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.):
| Fotopoulos, John,
"Arguments Concerning Food Offered to Idols: Corinthian Quotations and
Pauline Refutations in a Rhetorical Partitio," The Catholic
Biblical Quarterly, 2005. |
| Garland, David E.,
"The Dispute Over food Sacrificed to Idols (1 Cor 8:1 - 11:1),"
Perspectives in Religious Studies, 2003. |
| Smit, Joop F.M.,
"The Rhetorical Disposition of First Corinthians 8:7 - 9:27," the
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1997. |
| 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. |
| Willis, Wendell, "1 Corinthians 8-10:
A Retrospective after Twenty-Five Years," Restoration Quarterly,
2007.
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| Sermons:
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"It's Not What You Know, It's Who You Know," Dr. Timothy Stidham,
Preacher's Magazine, 2005. |
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"Knowledge
vs. Love," Rev Sarah Buteux,
Cambridge Swedenborg Chapel, Cambridge, MA. |
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"The Limitations Imposed
by Love," the Rev. Dr. Laura Mendenhall, Day 1, 2003. |
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| 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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