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Gifts and Ritual - Teresa Lee McCaskill

Gifts and Ritual

The Charismata of Romans 12: 6-8 in the Context of Roman Religion
Buch | Hardcover
206 Seiten
2023
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-9787-1566-0 (ISBN)
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This book explores the charismata Paul lists in Rom 12:6–8 within the ritual setting he establishes in Rom 12:1–2. Using analysis from ritual studies, religious studies, and classics, Teresa Lee McCaskill constructs a reception for gentile Christ-followers who were transitioning into a new belief system and in need of sanctioned practices.
Paul’s teaching about divine benefactions in Rom 12:6–8 extends the theme of worship that he establishes in Rom 12:1–2. Together, these passages address a uniquely gentile dilemma that many in his audience faced as new Christ-followers, which was the challenge of finding acceptable replacements for former cultic activities that were woven through all of life’s stages, from birth to death. One of the chief shortcomings of the scholars that have written about Rom 12:6–8 is a failure to address what Paul's gentile audience might have brought to his teaching and how his alignment of gifts with ritual (Rom 12:1–2) mirrored their polytheistic background. By analyzing examples from ancient texts and artifacts, Teresa Lee McCaskill shows that all seven of the terms Paul uses in Rom 12:6–8 would have had recognizable cultic antecedents for first-century worshipers in Rome. McCaskill presents a theoretical model that discusses how Paul’s gentile audience might have viewed the charismata and considered them as examples of sanctioned practices to replace former rituals. She also weighs the effectiveness of these particular gifts for furthering Paul’s missional objectives.

Teresa Lee McCaskill (Ph.D., University of Edinburgh) is a New Testament scholar whose research focuses on how gifts in Pauline literature were received by their original audiences.

Chapter 1: An Introduction to the ?a??sµata of Rom 12:6–8

Chapter 2: Rom 12:6: From “Prophecy in Proportion to Faith” (NRSV) to “Prophecy in Accordance with What has been Entrusted” (p??f?te?a? ?at? t?? ??a????a? t?? p?ste??)

Chapter 3: Rom 12:7: From “Ministry, in Ministering” (NRSV) to “A Mission, in Accordance with What it Requires” (d?a????a? ?? t? d?a?????)

Chapter 4: Rom 12:7: From “The Teacher, in the Teaching” (NRSV) to “The One who Teaches, in Accordance with What the Teaching Requires” (? d?d?s??? ?? t? d?das?a???)

Chapter 5: Rom 12:8: From “The Exhorter, in Exhortation” (NRSV) to “The One who Invokes and Invites, in Accordance with What the Opportunities Require” (? pa?a?a??? ?? t? pa?a???se?)

Chapter 6: Rom 12:8: From “The Giver, in Generosity” (NRSV) to “The One Who Shares with Generosity, Simplicity, or Sincerity, as Required” (? µetad?d??? ?? ?p??t?t?)

Chapter 7: Rom 12:8: From “The Leader, in Diligence” (NRSV) to “The One Who Champions with Zeal as Required” (? p???st?µe??? ?

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Paul in Critical Contexts
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 240 mm
Gewicht 494 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Altertum / Antike
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Religionsgeschichte
Religion / Theologie Christentum Kirchengeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Weitere Religionen
ISBN-10 1-9787-1566-8 / 1978715668
ISBN-13 978-1-9787-1566-0 / 9781978715660
Zustand Neuware
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