Paul, the Fool of Christ: A Study of 1 Corinthians 1-4 in the Comic-philosophic Tradition (EARLY CHRISTIANITY IN CONTEXT) - Hardcover

Welborn, L. L.

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9780567030412: Paul, the Fool of Christ: A Study of 1 Corinthians 1-4 in the Comic-philosophic Tradition (EARLY CHRISTIANITY IN CONTEXT)

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ISBN 10: 0567030415 ISBN 13: 9780567030412

Publisher: UNKNO, 2005

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Why did a saint consider himself a fool? In this new study of the first four chapters of Paul's first letter to the Corinthians, we find a logical explanation in Paul's knowledge of philosophic-comic tradition within popular culture, an element of which includes a significant amount of gallows humor. This treatment examines such topics as traditi

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About the Author:

L. L. Welborn is Professor of New Testament, United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio. He is the author of Politics and Rhetoric in the Corinthian Epistles (1997) and editor (with Cilliers Breytenbach) of Encounters with Hellenism: Studies in First Clement (2003).

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"'The book is an outstanding piece of scholarship, solid, innovative, convincing, and a real contribution to the field.' Dale Martin, Yale University, New Haven, CT 'This is a terrific book. I learned a great deal from it. It will add much to our appreciation of what Paul is saying. Welborn's grasp of the sources is superb.' Mark Harding, Australian Association of Theological Schools"

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