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The "Spiritual Body" As Oxymoron In 1 Corinthians 15:44, Brian Schmisek Oct 2015

The "Spiritual Body" As Oxymoron In 1 Corinthians 15:44, Brian Schmisek

Brian Schmisek

In the entire undisputed Pauline corpus, the term “body” is used with respect to resurrection in only two verses: 1 Corinthians 15:44 and Philippians 3:20–21. In neither case does it mean resuscitated flesh as some theologians would have it. In Corinthians, Paul uses the rhetorical device of oxymoron in modifying the term body by “spiritual.” The oxymoron expresses the ineffability of Paul’s experience of the Risen Christ, which for him is something beyond precise description.


Cyprian, Mortality, And Future Hope, A. Thornhill Sep 2015

Cyprian, Mortality, And Future Hope, A. Thornhill

A. Chadwick Thornhill

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