RT Article
T1 A new look at paradox and irony in 2 Corinthians 10-13
JF Neotestamentica
VO 26
IS 2
SP 507
OP 521
A1 Loubser, Johannes Albertus 1949-2006
LA English
YR 1992
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1826577084
AB After a brief discussion on the nature of Pauline irony, the ironic discourse in 2 Corinthians 10-13 is investigated. It is argued that 2 Corinthians 10-13 is an ironic discourse with at least three intersecting levels of irony, namely dissimulative, existential, and paradoxical irony. An awareness of the irony in 2 Corinthians 10-13 has an important bearing on the interpretation of the text. It becomes clear that Paul refers to his authority in an ironic sense. By means of irony he also heightens the pathos of this passage, which enables one to understand it as a peroratio. If this rule is the case, there is no need to regard 2 Corinthians 10-13 as a separate letter in the Corinthian correspondence.
K1 Rhetorical situation
K1 Apostolic authoriy
K1 2 Corinthians 10-13
K1 New Testament Bible
K1 Irony
K1 Theology
K1 Christianity
DO 10.10520/AJA2548356_825