The Cross in Corinth

by Pickett, Raymond

• ISBN13: 9781850756637
• ISBN10: 1850756635
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Pr

Summary

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 Jesus as a symbol of other-regarding behaviour.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 7
Abbreviations	p. 8
Towards a Contextual Reading of Paul's References to the Death of Jesus	p. 9
The Cross and Christian Unity: 1 Corinthians 1-4	p. 37
The Cross and Moral Discourse in 1 Corinthians 5-14	p. 85
Functions of Paul's References to the Death of Jesus in 2 Corinthians 4.7-5.19	p. 126
The Social Significance of the Death of Jesus: 2 Corinthians 10-13	p. 160
Epilogue: Christ Crucified and the Corinthian Community	p. 212
Bibliography	p. 215
Index of References	p. 222
Index of Authors	p. 228
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