Discerning the Body

Rhetorical Analysis of 1 Cor 11:17-34

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47182/rb.71.n1-2-2009182

Keywords:

Paul, 1 Corinthians, Body and Blood, Koinonia, Discernment, Lord's Supper, Tradition, Chloe, Bread, Chalice

Abstract

St. Paul refers to the body and blood of the Lord only in two different places in the same epistle: 1 Cor 10 and 1 Cor 11. This paper seeks to analyze 1 Cor 11:17-34. There, the Apostle affirms to the church in Corinth that anyone who eats or drinks "without discerning the body," eats and drinks its own damnation (v. 29). Now, on the one hand, What does the Apostle mean by the term "to discern" (diakrínö)? And on the other hand, what does he mean by the term body? Does he refer to Christ dead or to Christ risen or to both? Or perhaps, with the term "body", St. Paul refers not to Jesus, but to his Church?

Published

2009-03-15

How to Cite

“Discerning the Body: Rhetorical Analysis of 1 Cor 11:17-34”. 2009. Revista Bíblica 71 (1-2):73-100. https://doi.org/10.47182/rb.71.n1-2-2009182.

Issue

Vol. 71 No. 1-2 (2009)

Section

Research Studies

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