Abstract
'Does Paul endorse convention in 1 Corinthians 11:16?'
English 'convention', like Latin consuetudo and Greek συνήθεια accentuates by its prefix a custom that is the conscious practice of a collectivity. But for which collectivity does Paul use the term συνήθεια in 1 Cor 11:16? Does it refer to the circles whose practice Paul criticises? Or is Paul classifying the traditions παραδόσειϛ he handed on to them (1 Cor 11:2) as a convention held both by himself and 'the churches of God' (11:16), sc. the non-Pauline churches)?
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | The New Testament in its first century setting |
Subtitle of host publication | essays on context and background : in honour of B.W. Winter on his 65th birthday |
Editors | P.J. Williams, Andrew D. Clarke, Peter M. Head, David Instone-Brewer |
Place of Publication | Grand Rapids, Mich |
Publisher | William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company |
Pages | 178-189 |
Number of pages | 12 |
ISBN (Print) | 0802828345 |
Publication status | Published - 2004 |