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The Origin and Meaning of Ekklēsia in the Early Jesus Movement
Series: - Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity, Volume: 98
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In
The Origin and Meaning of Ekklēsia
in the Early Jesus Movement, Ralph J. Korner explores the ideological implications of Christ-follower associations self-designating collectively as
ekklēsiai. Politically, Korner’s inscriptional research suggests that an association named
ekklēsia would have been perceived as a positive, rather than as a counter-imperial, participant within Imperial Greek cities. Socio-religiously, Korner argues that there was no universal
ekklēsia to which all first generation Christ-followers belonged;
ekklēsia was a permanent group designation used by Paul’s associations. Ethno-religiously, Korner contends that
ekklēsia usage by
intra muros groups within pluriform Second Temple Judaism problematizes suggestions, not least at the institutional level, that Paul was “parting ways” with Judaism(s), ‘Jewishness’, or Jewish organizational forms.
Ralph J. Korner, Ph.D. (2014), McMaster University, is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Taylor Seminary (Edmonton, AB, Canada). He has published articles (NovT, ARC, JJMJS) and essays (Brill, Eisenbrauns) on Daniel, the Apocalypse and the term
ekklēsia.
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Korner has made a substantial, incisive, and original contribution to our understanding of one of the most important self-designations of the first believers. This excellent monograph is highly recommended both for New Testament scholars and ancient historians interested in the intersection of the Greco-Roman world and Second Temple Judaism with the fragile communities of the first believers as they sought to articulate their new identity in Christ in a variety of semipublic and public contexts. The monograph is also characterized by considerable theological insight for those interested in the social dimensions of Paul’s thought. It represents an excellent purchase for universities, theological seminaries and colleges, and private scholars.
James R. Harrison, FAHA, Sydney College of Divinity, RBL 07/2020 https://www.bookreviews.org/pdf/12808_14411.pdf
' ... an important contribution to the study of Christian origins, especially with respect to Pauline studies. [...] I eagerly anticipate the conversation around imperial ideology and supersessionism generated by this work.
John H. Boyles, Abilene Christian University, RBL 01/2020, https://www.bookreviews.org/pdf/12808_14283.pdf
Korners study of ekklesia in the early Jesus Movement brings together a rich range of relevant inscriptional and textual data. - Paul Foster, in: Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2018
Das Werk K.s setzt Maßstäbe, an denen die Forschung zum Terminus ekklēsia und zur ntl Ekklesiologie nicht mehr vorbeigehen kann. - Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hotze, in: Biblische Zeitschrift, 2019
Korner hat eine klar strukturierte, minutiös und ausgewogen argumentierende Studie vorgelegt und mit umfassender Quellenkentnis und breiter Berücksichtigung des wissenschaftlichen Diskurses einen wichtigen Beitrag geleistet zur sozialen, politischen und religiösen Verortung der frühen Jesusbewegung in der antiken Welt. - Benjamin Schliesser, in: Theologische Literaturzeitung, 2019
James R. Harrison, FAHA, Sydney College of Divinity, RBL 07/2020 https://www.bookreviews.org/pdf/12808_14411.pdf
' ... an important contribution to the study of Christian origins, especially with respect to Pauline studies. [...] I eagerly anticipate the conversation around imperial ideology and supersessionism generated by this work.
John H. Boyles, Abilene Christian University, RBL 01/2020, https://www.bookreviews.org/pdf/12808_14283.pdf
Korners study of ekklesia in the early Jesus Movement brings together a rich range of relevant inscriptional and textual data. - Paul Foster, in: Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2018
Das Werk K.s setzt Maßstäbe, an denen die Forschung zum Terminus ekklēsia und zur ntl Ekklesiologie nicht mehr vorbeigehen kann. - Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hotze, in: Biblische Zeitschrift, 2019
Korner hat eine klar strukturierte, minutiös und ausgewogen argumentierende Studie vorgelegt und mit umfassender Quellenkentnis und breiter Berücksichtigung des wissenschaftlichen Diskurses einen wichtigen Beitrag geleistet zur sozialen, politischen und religiösen Verortung der frühen Jesusbewegung in der antiken Welt. - Benjamin Schliesser, in: Theologische Literaturzeitung, 2019
All those interested in exploring usages of the term
ekklēsia (“assembly/congregation/‘church’”) in its Greco-Roman, Jewish, and early Christ-follower contexts, particularly in relation to associations which self-designate collectively as an
ekklēsia.