Power in Weakness: The Second Letter of Paul to the

Power in Weakness: The Second Letter of Paul to the Corinthians (NT in Context Commentaries)

This most recent addition to the popular Trinity New Testament in Context (NTC) commentary series, edited by J. Andrew Overman and Howard Clark Kee, focuses on the apostle Paulâ€™s refusal to match strength for strength with his detractors. Instead, Paul stresses that authentic Christian ministry is characterized by weakness and suffering, specifically the weakness and paradigmatic sufferings endured by the crucified Jesus.While not a rhetorical analysis of 2 Corinthians, this book nevertheless attends to Paulâ€™s rhetorical skills in resolving the Corinthian controversies. It attempts to show that Paulâ€™s theological formulations are best understood as products of rhetorical responses to controversial issues of authority and social location. The preponderance of disputed arguments and narratives in 2 Corinthians renders this letter highly unusual in the Pauline corpus and one of the most challenging for the biblical detective to unravel. Sze-kar Wan, therefore, has written a commentary that helps readers look closely at the texts relevant to the problem of dislocation, providing directional pointers that enable readers, on their own, to develop these pointers to their logical conclusions.Sze-kar Wan is Associate Professor of New Testament at Andover Newton Theological School in Newton Centre, Massachussets.For: Clergy; college, university, and seminary students; scholars; general readers>

Country	USA
Author	Sze-kar Wan
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9781563383151
Edition	1
ISBN	1563383152
Label	Bloomsbury T&T Clark
Manufacturer	Bloomsbury T&T Clark
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	184
PublicationDate	2000-06-01
Publisher	Bloomsbury T&T Clark
ReleaseDate	2000-06-01
Studio	Bloomsbury T&T Clark

Power in Weakness: The Second Letter of Paul to the Corinthians (NT in Context Commentaries)

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