Howard Nicholson Pilgrim

Is a 60+ year old Anglican priest currently serving as vicar of the Parish of Gisborne, in the Eastland region of New Zealand.

Has had a lifelong passion for biblical studies, as a scholar and distance-education teacher, specializing in the writings of St Paul.

Recently completed a Ph.D. through the University of Otago and has set up this website to publish his dissertation "Benefits and Obligations: 1Corinthians 8:6 in Context".

Major areas of interest and debate:

• The determination of meaning in texts
• Rhetorical genre analysis
• Scriptural intertextuality
• Modern grammars for ancient texts: syntax, semantics, discourse analysis
• Social contexts of early Christianity

Invites feedback from other scholars through .

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Benefits and Obligations: 1Corinthians 8:6 in Context (3.5MB)
Abstract (80K)
Chapter 1 - New Testament Christology: A Big Bang? (192K)
Chapter 11 - Conclusions (148K)

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