Reading First Corinthians Through Racialized Violence in the Korean Diaspora

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2026
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Abstract
Abstract This article examines how the sociohistorical context of Sa-I-Gu, the 1992 Los Angeles upheavals, illuminates interethnic tensions in 1 Corinthians. It situates Sa-I-Gu within the broader history of Korean immigration to the United States, tracing the historical origins and cultural ambivalence of the “model minority” stereotype. It highlights how Korean immigrant aspirations for upward mobility unfolded within racialized structures that generated both vulnerability and conflict, while also problematizing the ways news media represented Koreans and their interracial relations surrounding Sa-I-Gu. Bringing these insights into conversation with the sociohistorical situation of first-century CE Roman Corinth, this study explores the conflict between Paul, a diasporic Jew, and the Corinthian community, composed largely of Greek freedpersons. Their interactions resonate with the precarious position of Korean immigrants in Los Angeles, whose pursuit of the American Dream intersected with fraught relations with Black and Latino communities. By analyzing terminology and expressions in 1 Corinthians that draw on ethnic distinctiveness and class difference, this article underscores how Paul’s rhetorical construction of himself and his audience reveals the competition for status and negotiation of identity among minoritized peoples. Ultimately, it argues that reading the Corinthian conflict solely from Paul’s perspective risks obscuring not only their shared vulnerability as poor colonized subjects but also the broader systems of domination and inequality that exploit interminority conflict.
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Authors Eunyung Lim
Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
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10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197684221.013.0042
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https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197684221.013.0042
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