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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463477603321

Autore

Welborn L. L. <1953->

Titolo

An end to enmity [[electronic resource] ] : Paul and the "wrongdoer" of Second Corinthians / / Larry L. Welborn

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : De Gruyter, c2011

ISBN

1-283-43052-5

9786613430526

3-11-026330-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (598 p.)

Collana

Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der älteren Kirche, , 0171-6441 ; ; Bd. 185

Classificazione

BC 7300

Disciplina

227/.3067

Soggetti

Theology

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [482]-528) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements / Welborn, L. L. -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. History of Scholarship -- Chapter Three. Inferences from Exegesis -- Chapter Four. Social and Rhetorical Conventions -- Chapter Five. Prosopography -- Chapter Six. History of a Friendship -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors

Sommario/riassunto

"An End to Enmity" casts light upon the shadowy figure of the "wrongdoer" of Second Corinthians by exploring the social and rhetorical conventions that governed friendship, enmity and reconciliation in the Greco-Roman world. The book puts forward a novel hypothesis regarding the identity of the "wrongdoer" and the nature of his offence against Paul. Drawing upon the prosopographic data of Paul's Corinthian epistles and the epigraphic and archaeological record of Roman Corinth, the author shapes a robust image of the kind of individual who did Paul "wrong" and caused "pain" to both Paul and the Corinthians. The concluding chapter reconstructs the history of Paul's relationship with an influential convert to Christianity at Corinth.