Abstract

1 Cor. 1: 10-17 offers itself as an ideal text for considering the value of a reader-response approach to the New Testament. The moment a hearer or reader of the text recognizes that what the text is 'about' is division, or at least potential factionalism, within a Christian community. Christians differ as to what 'reading the Bible as scripture' amounts to, even if almost all accept that this is what is happening, and should happen. One aspect of the current 'Bible as scripture' discussion is, though, surely of crucial importance. Expressed in this way, the authoritative function of the Bible naturally appears most prominently in religious communities (the Hebrew Bible for Jewish communities, the two-Testament version for Christian communities). I Cor I: 10-17 is read and studied as Christian scripture around the world in many settings: around kitchen-tables, in church meeting rooms, in open fields, under the shade of trees. Keywords: 1 Corinthians 1:10-17; Christian community; Christian scripture; Jewish communities; reader-response approach

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