First Corinthians

First Corinthians
ISBN-10
0664234402
ISBN-13
9780664234409
Series
First Corinthians
Category
Religion
Pages
299
Language
English
Published
2011-01-01
Publisher
Westminster John Knox Press
Author
Richard B. Hays

Description

Paul's first letter to the Corinthians was addressed originally to a fledgling mission church in Corinth. Paul's absence from the church had allowed serious problems to arise within the Corinthian community, but the problems that he addresses in this letter do not always seem based in explicitly theological ideas. The brilliance of Paul, though, is that he frames the issues in theological terms and reflects on them in the light of the gospel. Hays identifies and discusses the major theological themes of the letter, as well as issues such as community formation and the rethinking of inherited sociocultural norms and practices, and he offers Paul as a model for ministry.

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