02889nam 2200565 450 991078977860332120230421053716.01-283-19695-697866131969580-567-34627-7(CKB)2670000000107054(EBL)743065(OCoLC)741691084(SSID)ssj0000521815(PQKBManifestationID)11913731(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000521815(PQKBWorkID)10522786(PQKB)10444974(MiAaPQ)EBC743065(Au-PeEL)EBL743065(CaPaEBR)ebr10869617(CaONFJC)MIL319695(OCoLC)893335901(EXLCZ)99267000000010705419971006h19971997 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe cross in Corinth the social significance of the death of Jesus /Raymond PickettSheffield, England :Sheffield Academic Press,[1997]©19971 online resource (232 p.)Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ;143Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Sheffield.1-85075-663-5 Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-221) and indexes.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 AuthorsPickett 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 ofJournal for the study of the New Testament.Supplement series ;143.227/.206Pickett Raymond1478115MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789778603321The cross in Corinth3693700UNINA