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Paul's Political Strategy in 1 Corinthians 1-4

Paul's Political Strategy in 1 Corinthians 1-4

Bitner, Bradley J.

Hardcover

Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph, Book 163

Bible Studies

ISBN10: 1107088488
ISBN13: 9781107088481
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Jun 25 2015
Pages: 365
Weight: 1.20
Height: 1.20 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
This volume examines 1 Corinthians 1-4 within first-century politics, demonstrating the significance of Corinth's constitution to the interpretation of Paul's letter. Bradley J. Bitner shows that Paul carefully considered the Roman colonial context of Corinth, which underlay numerous ecclesial conflicts. Roman politics, however, cannot account for the entire shape of Paul's response. Bridging the Hellenism-Judaism divide that has characterized much of Pauline scholarship, Bitner argues that Paul also appropriated Jewish-biblical notions of covenant. Epigraphical and papyrological evidence indicates that his chosen content and manner are best understood with reference to an ecclesial politeia informed by a distinctively Christ-centered political theology. This emerges as a politics of thanksgiving in 1 Corinthians 1:4-9 and as a politics of construction in 3:5-4:5, where Paul redirects gratitude and glory to God in Christ. This innovative account of Paul's political theology offers fresh insight into his pastoral strategy among nascent Gentile-Jewish assemblies.

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