RT Book
T1 Pain and paradox in 2 Corinthians: the transformative function of strength in weakness
T2 Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament
JF Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament
A1 White, B. G.
LA English
PP Tübingen
PB Mohr Siebeck
YR 2021
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1748691902
AB B.G. White argumentiert in dieser Arbeit, dass die Interpreten des 2. Korintherbriefes den unmittelbarsten Kontext des Briefes übersehen – eine schmerzerfüllte Gemeinschaft. Er bietet ein neues Interpretationsparadigma für das Hauptmotiv des Briefes – das Paradoxon von Kraft in Schwachheit – und die Strategie und den Zweck des Briefes an.
AB Most studies of 2 Corinthians characterize the community as rebels who accuse Paul of weakness. Paul is thought to respond defensively, asserting his power in weakness. B.G. White confronts this consensus by arguing that interpreters overlook the material's most immediate context – a pained community (2:1–7; 7:5–16). After arguing that the Corinthians have ongoing pains, the author develops the implications for the interpretation of the strength in weakness paradox and the letter's literary integrity in a variety of texts (e.g. 1:3–11, 4:7–15, 6:1–13, 12:1–10). He argues that Paul's paradoxical life is a paradigm for the community to learn how Christ transforms their pains to create new emotions and behaviors – even reconciliation with Paul. More than a fiery retort, 2 Corinthians has the pastoral purpose of increasing human potential in weakness, without rendering that weakness inherently redemptive.
CN BS2675.6.S9
SN 978-3-16-159912-5
K1 Bible : Corinthians, 2nd : Criticism, interpretation, etc
K1 Pain : Religious aspects : Christianity
K1 Paradox : Religious aspects : Christianity
K1 closed companies
K1 Neues Testament
K1 Suffering
K1 Transformation
K1 Paul
K1 Weakness
K1 Corinth
K1 Theologie
K1 Hochschulschrift
DO 10.1628/978-3-16-159912-5