Dr Savage seeks to understand the apostle Paul's apparently contradictory description of his ministry in 2 Corinthians as one in which power is manifested through weakness: 'When I am weak, then I am strong!' This paradox becomes intelligible when it is understood that Paul's critics were influenced by a perspective which was the exact opposite of his: they imbibed the self-exalting outlook of their contemporary world, while he embraced the self-emptying gospel of Christ.
Drawing from archaeological data on first-century Corinth, this study is unique in establishing both the secular underpinnings of Paul's paradoxical language and the devastating critique which that language offers on the general outlook of the first century. Paul emerges as a radical foil to the spirit of the age.
| ISBN: | 9780521616188 |
| Publication date: | 2nd December 2004 |
| Author: | Timothy B Savage |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 268 pages |
| Series: | Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series |
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Bible readings, selections and meditations |
Dr Savage seeks to understand the apostle Paul's apparently contradictory description of his ministry in 2 Corinthians as one in which power is manifested through weakness: 'When I am weak, then I am strong!' This paradox becomes intelligible when it is understood that Paul's critics were influenced by a perspective which was the exact opposite of his: they imbibed the self-exalting outlook of their contemporary world, while he embraced the self-emptying gospel of Christ. Drawing from archaeological data on first-century Corinth, this study is unique in establishing both the secular underpinnings of Paul's paradoxical language and the devastating critique which that language offers on the general outlook of the first century.
Power through Weakness features in the following genres: Bible readings, selections and meditations
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Power through Weakness was written by Timothy B Savage and published by Cambridge University Press
Power through Weakness has 268 pages
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