The Cross in Corinth

by Raymond Pickett

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1850756635
• ISBN13: 9781850756637
• Release Date: June 1997
• Publisher: Sheffield Academic Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.7"