C. Andrew Ballard

To Know All Mysteries

The Mystagogue Figure in Classical Antiquity and in Saint Paul's Letters to the Corinthians

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Produktbeschreibung

This book examines the way that Paul presents himself as a guide into mysteries, a â mystagogue,â in 1-2 Corinthians. Paul employed the figure of the mystagogue as a strategic tool in his communication with the Corinthians in order to persuade the Corinthians that he was the legitimate mystery teacher for the community.

Produktdetails

• Paul in Critical Contexts
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 760g
• ISBN-13: 9781978711105
• ISBN-10: 1978711107
• Artikelnr.: 64264627

Autorenporträt

By C. Andrew Ballard

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Defining Mystagogues in the Mystery Cults of Antiquity
Chapter 3: Initiation into Philosophy and Truth, Part One: Metaphorical
Mystagogues in
Classical, Hellenistic, and Early Imperial Literature
Chapter 4:Initiation into Philosophy and Truth, Part Two: Metaphorical
Mystagogues in Jewish Literature of the Hellenistic and Early Imperial
Periods
Chapter 5: The Duality of the Mystagogue: Power and Foolishness
Chapter 6: Initiating Paul, Part One: The Appropriation and Disruption of
the
Mystagogue in 1 Corinthians
Chapter 7: Initiating Paul, Part Two: The Appropriation and Disruption of
the Mystagogue in 2 Corinthians