RT Article
T1 Contextual views on Paul the tentmaker. Did we forget the poor?
JF Missionalia
VO 46
IS 1
SP 5
OP 23
A1 Wessels, Johannes Mattheus
LA English
PB University of South Africa
YR 2018
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/168759323X
AB One of the problems with applications of Pauline teachings to the 21st century Southern African context is the way in which elite theologians assumed that first-century Mediterranean societies were similar in most crucial aspects to twentieth-century society. At close scrutiny it is clear that the explanation of self-support and the "free offering of the gospel" from the angle of Paul's plight for the poor has been overlooked (or only referred to by implication) in commentaries, as well as discussions on "tentmakership" in Practical Theology and even in Missiology. This study is investigating the possible role that the context of the readers played in this oversight.
K1 Corinthians
K1 Missiology
K1 New Testament
K1 Paul
K1 Labour
K1 Poor
K1 Remuneration
K1 tentmaker
DO 10.7832/46-1-157