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Books (141.2100) Paul through Mediterranean Eyes : Cultural Studies in 1 Corinthians
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| Author: |
Bailey, Kenneth E. |
| Publisher: |
IVP Academic, 2011 |
| Length: |
560 pages |
| Heading: |
020 — Bible Study
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| Subjects: |
Bible. / Corinthians, 1st / Commentaries; Biblical Studies - Paul's Letters; Christianity-Bible Commentary |
| Location: |
BS2675.53 .B35 2011 |
| # Copies: |
1 |
| ISBN/ISSN: |
9780830839346
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| Description: |
FROM THE PUBLISHER: 2012 Christianity Today Book Award winner. Paul was a Hebrew of the Hebrews, steeped in the learning of his people. But he was also a Roman citizen who widely traveled the Mediterranean basin, and was very knowledgeable of the dominant Greek and Roman culture of his day. These two mighty rivers of influence converge in Paul's first letter to the Corinthians. With razor-sharp attention to the text, Kenneth Bailey examines the cultural milieu and rhetorical strategies that shaped this pivotal epistle. He discovers the deep layers of the Hebraic prophetic tradition informing Paul's writing, linking the Apostle with the great prophets of the Old Testament. Throughout, Bailey employs his expert knowledge of Near Eastern and Mediterranean culture to deliver to readers a new understanding of Paul and his world. Familiar passages take on a new hue as they are stripped of standard Western interpretations and rendered back into their ancient setting.
DESCRIPTION: In this ground-breaking study of Paul's first epistle to the Corinthians, Kenneth Bailey examines this canonical letter through Paul's Jewish socio-cultural and rhetorical background and through the Mediterranean context of its Corinthian recipients. Uncovering the letter's roots in the Hebrew prophetic tradition, its intentional theological organization and its rhetorical reference to Near Eastern cultural practices, Bailey allows us to see the full scope of Paul's response to a community in crisis. |
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None specified.
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