Kim, Yung Suk <br/><br/>
Christ's Body in Corinth  The Politics of a Metaphor 
Yung Suk Kim 
 - U.S.A.  Fortress Press  2004 
 - 142tr.  hardcover, illustrations  24 cm 
 - Paul in Critical Contexts .
<br/><br/> Yung Suk Kim takes up the language of ""body"" that infuses 1 Corinthians, Paul's most complicated letter, and the letter that provides us the most information, and poses the sharpest questions, about social realities in the early church. Kim argues against the view that in speaking of the church as Christ's body Paul seeks to emphasize unity and the social boundary. Against the conventional rhetoric of the ""body politic"" in Greco-Roman philosophy, Kim argues that Paul seeks rather to nourish the vitality of a diverse community and to criticize the ideology of a powerful in-group in Corinth, a message of particular importance for contemporary global Christianity. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780800662851 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bible -- 1 Corinthians -- Commentaries<br/>Bible -- N.T. -- Paul's letters -- analysis and interpretation<br/>Jesus Christ -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca 30-600<br/>Bible - New Testament - Criticism, interpretation, etc
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>227.2064  / K49-Y94