The Unity of the Corinthian Correspondence. By David R. Hall. Pp. x + 280. (Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement Series, 251.) London: T. & T. Clark (a Continuum imprint), 2003. isbn 0 8264 6987 6 and 8422 1. Hardback £70; paper £30
This is a well-researched, well-presented, careful argument for the unity of the Corinthian correspondence. In particular the author argues that 1 Corinthians reveals the presence at Corinth of preachers from elsewhere, who taught a lifestyle and ethics different from those of Paul, while 2 Corinthi...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2005
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2005, Volume: 56, Issue: 2, Pages: 566-568 |
| Review of: | The unity of the Corinthian correspondence (London [u.a.] : T & T Clark International, 2003) (Thiselton, Anthony C.)
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| Summary: | This is a well-researched, well-presented, careful argument for the unity of the Corinthian correspondence. In particular the author argues that 1 Corinthians reveals the presence at Corinth of preachers from elsewhere, who taught a lifestyle and ethics different from those of Paul, while 2 Corinthians reflects the same situation. Paul's opponents in both cases came probably from a hellenistic-Jewish background, and combined the characteristics of a sophistic lifestyle with allegorical interpretations of Scripture. Against Theissen and many others, David Hall sees ‘the strong’ in Corinth not as a socially privileged group, but as those who claimed a particular ‘spiritual’ status over against others in the church., The ‘disguise’ to which Paul famously alludes in 1 Cor. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/fli136 |