TY - BOOK AU - Braxton,Brad Ronnell TI - The tyranny of resolution: I Corinthians 7:17-24 T2 - Dissertation series SN - 9780884140313 AV - BS2675.B826.T973 2000 PY - 2000/// CY - Atlanta, Georgia PB - Society of Biblical Literature N1 - Based on the author's dissertation--Emory University; 1 (pages 275.-302); Exegetical Overview --; A Translation of 1 Corinthians 7:17-24; Argument in 1 Corinthians 7?; Advice to the Married; Advice to the Unmarried and Widows; Advice to the Married; Advice to Those in "Mixed Marriages"; Digression or Statement of Principle; Advice to the Unmarried; Apocalyptic Rationale; Advice concerning One's Betrothed and Remarriage; A Closer Reading of vv. 17-24; Textual Analysis; Call of God; To Remain or Not to Remain.... This Is the Question?; Social World of the Corinthians and of Paul --; Social Location; Corinthians; Ethnic Composition; Ethnicity Re-Examined; Ethnicity Applied to 1 Corinthians; Ethnic Cooperation or Ethnic Conflict?; Social Status; Economic Factors; Roman Orders; Paul; Paul's Experience with Christ; Paul's Experience with Christ and 1 Corinthians 7; Circumcision in the Greco-Roman World --; Circumcision; Origins; Reasons Why Circumcision Was Practiced; Circumcision: Reality, Metaphor, and Allegory; Philo on Circumcision; Implications for the Exegesis of 1 Corinthians 7:17-24; Slavery in the Greco-Roman World --; From Definition to Description; Permanence of Slavery; Violence of Slavery; Personal Domination of Slaves; Natal Alienation of Slaves; Dishonor of Slaves; Manumission; Manumission, the Church, and the Synagogue; Implications for the Exegesis of 1 Corinthians 7:17-24; Ideology and Interpretation --; Ideology in Traditions of Interpretation; Proslavery and Abolitionist (Religious) Arguments; Nineteenth Century Appeals to 1 Corinthians 7:17-24; Nellie Norton; Domestic Slavery; Guilt of Slavery; Ideology in Intellectual Discourse; 2 ER -