The Character of Jesus: The Linchpin to Paul's Argument in 2 Corinthians. By Thomas Stegman. Pp. xi + 470. (Analecta Biblica, 158.) Rome: Editrice Pontifico Istituto Biblico, 2005. isbn 88 7653 158 0. n.p
This book is a revised version of Stegman's dissertation. In it he argues that scholarship has not fully appreciated (and in some cases not appreciated at all) the role of the story of Jesus for understanding Paul's argument in 2 Corinthians. This story, Stegman maintains, is the very core...
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| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2006
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2006, Volume: 57, Issue: 1, Pages: 261-262 |
| Review of: | The character of Jesus (Roma : Ed. Pontif. Ist. Biblico, 2005) (Gooder, Paula)
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| Summary: | This book is a revised version of Stegman's dissertation. In it he argues that scholarship has not fully appreciated (and in some cases not appreciated at all) the role of the story of Jesus for understanding Paul's argument in 2 Corinthians. This story, Stegman maintains, is the very core—in his words, linchpin—of Paul's communication with the Corinthian church., Part I of the book lays the groundwork for his theory, which he expounds in Part II. Stegmann begins Part I by giving a history of interpretation of 2 Corinthians. In chapter 1 he explores partition theories and theories about Paul's opponents, in chapter 2 the use of rhetorical analysis and the question of ethos in 2 Corinthians. His final chapter of Part I (ch. |
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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/flj070 |