(Not) Baptizing Thecla
Early Interpretive Efforts on 1 Cor 1:17
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4063417 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin Edsall (Australian Catholic University), Benjamin A Edsall (0000-0001-8321-9312, Australian Catholic University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 71 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 235-260 |
| Publication date | 2017-05-08 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Vigiliae Christianae (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0042-6032 • E-ISSN: 1570-0720 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15700720-12341303 |
| OpenAlex | W2612725071 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This piece reconsiders Paul's deferral of Thecla's baptism in light of internal initiation themes and in connection with broader historical efforts to understand Paul's statement in 1 Cor 1:17a ("For Christ did not send me to baptize but to preach the gospel"). To this end, the article surveys previous explanations for this deferral of baptism, proposing to integrate several previous insights into a reading of Thecla as initiate, locates this reading on the spectrum of ancient interpretations of 1 Cor 1:17 from Tertullian to John Chrysostom and finally considers other baptismal material in the Acts of Paul
Abandonment (legal) · Baptism · Biblical studies · Connection (principal bundle) · Deferral · Epistemology · Gospel · John Chrysostom · Linguistics · Narrative · Political science · Reading (process) · Statement (logic) · Theology · Torah · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Development, Ethics, and Society · History · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Theology and Canon Law Studies
| Citations per year | 0.44 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2023 (7) |
| Highly cited | No |