Kerk en Theologie - Volume 75, Issue 1, 2024

In some churches today everyone is invited to the Holy Communion yet in other churches just a few select take a seat at the Table. Through a social-scientific and ritual-theoretic analysis of 1 Corinthians 11, this article first demonstrates that the social hierarchies present in the Corinthian church determine the character of participation in the Corinthian Communion practice. Interrogated through queer theory, this article t Read More

Modern Bible translations are expected to be gender-sensitive while simultaneously respecting the patriarchal nature of the Biblical texts. Navigating this delicate balance is challenging, as illustrated by the case of 1 Thessalonians 4:6: how should the Greek term ἀδελφοί be translated here? On linguistic and exegetical grounds it is correct to generally translate this word as ‘brothers and sisters’. However, in 1 Thessalon Read More

The traditional view in Paul’s letter to Filemon that Onesimus was a fugitivus, a runaway-slave, was gradually abandoned in the twentieth century. Instead, many scholars contend that Onesimus went to Paul as amicus domini, a friend of the master, to ask him to intercede on Onesimus’ behalf. However, there are some problems with this view. This article shows that the traditional view remains plausible, building on the letter its Read More