Abingdon New Testament Commentaries: 1 Corinthians

Abingdon New Testament Commentaries: 1 Corinthians PDF Author: Richard A. Horsley
Publisher: Abingdon Press
ISBN: 1426750358
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 245

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Book Description
This commentary highlights both the socio-political context of 1 Corinthians and the clash of significantly different religious viewpoints represented by Paul and the congregation he had founded in Corinth. In particular, Richard Horsley shows that this letter provides a window through which one may view the tension between the Corinthians' interest in cultivating individual spirituality and the apostle's concern for building up a social-religious community devoted to the common advantage, for the flourishing both of personal dignity and a humanizing solidarity.