The Benefits Outweigh the Costs: Divine Benefaction and Human Obedience in 2Cor 6,1–7,2
When 2Cor 6,1-13 and 7,2 are viewed primarily as self-defence intended to facilitate reconciliation, it is likely that 6,14-7,1 will be handled as a digression or an interpolation. But when 6,1-13 and 7,2 are read as part of an appeal for obedience directed at reluctant readers, the appearance of pu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2021]
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Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft
Year: 2021, Volume: 112, Issue: 1, Pages: 69-88 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Corinthians 2. 6,14-7,1
/ Bible. Corinthians 2. 6,1-13
/ Bible. Corinthians 2. 7,2
/ Structural analysis
/ Paul Apostle
/ Municipality
/ Corinth
/ Purity (Motif)
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
2 Corinthians
B Apostle Paul B Corinth B literary integrity B communal purity |
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| Summary: | When 2Cor 6,1-13 and 7,2 are viewed primarily as self-defence intended to facilitate reconciliation, it is likely that 6,14-7,1 will be handled as a digression or an interpolation. But when 6,1-13 and 7,2 are read as part of an appeal for obedience directed at reluctant readers, the appearance of purity exhortations in 6,14-7,1 becomes predictable given everything we know about the Corinthians. Leveraging a careful re-reading of 6,12-14, the present essay argues that 6,14-7,1 should be viewed as central to this section of 2 Corinthians, and Paul’s defensiveness in the surrounding text should be interpreted first and foremost in relation to objections to his purity policies. |
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| ISSN: | 1613-009X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/znw-2021-0004 |