Dangerous Food: 1 Corinthians 8-10 in Its Context (Studies in Christianity and Judaism 5)

Peter D. Gooch, "Dangerous Food: 1 Corinthians 8-10 in Its Context (Studies in Christianity and Judaism 5)"
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press | 1993 | ISBN 0889202192 | PDF | 180 pages | 20.9 MB

Recognizing the companionable meaning of food and meals in Greco-Roman culture and, in singular, the social meaning of idol-food, is an integral part of judg>ment the impact of Paul's instructions to the Christian community at Corinth concerning the consumption of idol-food. Shared meals were a central cast of the face of social intercourse in Greco-Roman culture. Meals and food were markers of communicative status, and participation at meals was the main means of establishing and maintaining companionable relations. Participation in public rites (and sharing the meals which ensued) was a command of holding public office.
The social consequences of refusing to erode idol-food would be extreme. Christians might not attend weddings, funerals, celebrations in honour of birthdays, or divisible by two formal banquets without encountering idol-food. In this extended reading of 1 Corinthians 8:1-11:1, Paul's response to the Corinthian Christians' query concerning food offered to idols, Gooch uses a neighborly-historical approach, combining historical methods of source, literary and redaction critique, and newer applications of anthropological and sociological methods to determine the kind of idol-food was, and what it meant in that place at that time to consume or avoid it.

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