{"product_id":"the-body-for-the-lord-alistair-may-9780567080967","title":"The Body for the Lord: Sex and Identity in 1 Corinthians 5-7","description":"Alistair May explores the part played by sexual ethics and the rhetoric of sexual morality in the formation of Christian identity by focusing on the longest discussion of sex in the New Testament - 1Corinthians 5-7. Viewing this passage as a unified discourse, he considers how Paul's ethics serve to give his converts a distinct identity. Although tools from the social sciences are used, the major focus of the work is in careful exegesis of the text. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAs the study progresses through the text of 1Corinthians 5-7, May argues that Paul strives to maintain an absolute distinction between insider and outsider in regard to morality. Immorality belongs exclusively to the outside and to the pre-conversion identity of the Corinthians. Hence those labelled immoral can no longer remain in the community. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e1 Corinthians 6.12-20 reveals that, for Paul, sexual sin is unique in its destruction of Christian identity and that any sexual participation is a potential conflict with participation in Christ. Thus, chapter 6 is directly connected with the discussion of the legitimacy of marriage in 1Corinthians 7. Rejecting the scholarly consensus that Paul is reacting to ascetics, May controversially argues that chapter 7 should be read as Paul's commendation of singleness to a reluctant Corinthian audience.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis is volume 278 in the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alistair May\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 056708096X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780567080967\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/24\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Alistair May","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065022689535,"sku":"9780567080967","price":245.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c3e64be-6312-42b5-b321-e53704de148d.jpg?v=1768672623","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-body-for-the-lord-alistair-may-9780567080967","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}