| Renewal Through Sufferings: A Study of 2 Corinthians Contributor(s): Harvey, A. E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0567085082 ISBN-13: 9780567085085 Publisher: T&T Clark OUR PRICE: $173.25 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 2001 Annotation: This book represents a fresh approach to the study of 2 Corinthians. In the first chapter of the epistle, Paul recounts how he had been faced suddenly with the prospect of imminent death. Either he had succumbed to a severe illness or was suffering the effects of savage persecution. In either case Dr. Harvey believes that some of the profound but difficult language in the central chapters may best be explained by reference to this traumatic event. He begins by exploring the social, economic and religious consequences of illness or disability in antiquity and the radically new understanding of suffering to which Paul was led by his near-death experience. The remainder of the book takes the form of a running commentary, bringing out the implications of this biographical approach for understanding the text of 2 Corinthians. Despite addressing detailed questions of a technical nature, this study is presented in a clear and readable form and will prove illuminating for all those - scholars, students, or more general readers - interested in St. Paul and 2 Corinthians. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Biblical Studies - New Testament - General - Religion | Reference |
| Dewey: 227.306 |
| LCCN: 96085592 |
| Series: Studies of the New Testament and Its World |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 5.71" W x 8.81" (0.68 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Academic - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A fascinating new approach to 2 Corinthians in the light of Paul's experience of facing death. |