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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461551903321

Autore

Pickett Raymond

Titolo

The cross in Corinth : the social significance of the death of Jesus / / Raymond Pickett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England : , : Sheffield Academic Press, , [1997]

©1997

ISBN

1-283-19695-6

9786613196958

0-567-34627-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (232 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; ; 143

Disciplina

227/.206

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Sheffield.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-221) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1; TOWARDS A CONTEXTUAL READING OF PAUL'S REFERENCES TO THE DEATH OF JESUS; Chapter 2; THE CROSS AND CHRISTIAN UNITY: 1 CORINTHIANS 1-4; Chapter 3; THE CROSS AND MORAL DISCOURSE IN 1 CORINTHIANS 5-14; Chapter 4; FUNCTIONS OF PAUL'S REFERENCES TO THE DEATH OF JESUS IN 2 CORINTHIANS 4.7-5.19; Chapter 5; THE SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DEATH OF JESUS: 2 CORINTHIANS 10-13; Epilogue; CHRIST CRUCIFIED AND THE CORINTHIAN COMMUNITY; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Pickett explores how Paul appealed to the death of Jesus in the Corinthian correspondence in order to promote a community ethos and ethic consistent with the ideals and values it symbolized. In so doing, Paul was responding to interpersonal conflicts within the community and criticisms of his ministry-criticisms he saw as founded on Graeco-Roman cultural values of the cultivated elite. His consistent emphasis on the weakness of the cross served to critique social expressions of power in Corinth. More constructively, Paul attempted to secure conduct befitting the gospel by invoking the death of