Timothy B. Savage, Savage Timothy B.

Power Through Weakness

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Produktbeschreibung

Power through weakness examines one of the most profound pictures of Christian life ever presented - the apostle Paul's cryptic self-portrait in 2 Corinthians: 'When I am weak, then I am strong!' The key to understanding this tantalising paradox, Dr Savage suggests, is to take note of the very secular outlook permeating the church at Corinth. In an extensive enquiry into the thought-world of Roman Corinth, drawing insights from first-century inscriptions, coins and archaeology, he demonstrates that the Corinthians were evaluating Paul according to the social standards of their day. Because those standards represented the exact antithesis of his own perspective, which was rooted in the cross of Christ, Paul had little choice but to defend himself with the brush strokes of paradox. This is the first major study to marshal evidence from the general social atmosphere of antiquity to interpret Paul's paradoxical teaching. The result is stunning: the cross-centred outlook of Paul emerges as a radical foil to the spirit of the age.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Dezember 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 515g
• ISBN-13: 9780521496407
• ISBN-10: 0521496403
• Artikelnr.: 22228857

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I. Power through Weakness: the Background: 1. The social setting of first-century Corinth: an historical examination
2. The situation in the Corinthian church: a biblical analysis
Part II. Power through Weakness: the Meaning
3. The nature of the Christian ministry: the glory of Christ
4. The nature of the Christian ministry: the shame of the cross
5. The pattern of the Christian ministry: glory through shame
6. The pattern of the Christian ministry: power through weakness
Conclusion
Appendix
Select bibliography
Indexes.