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Power Through Weakness
Timothy B. Savage
其他書名
Paul's Understanding of the Christian Ministry in 2 Corinthians
出版Cambridge University Press, 2004-12-02
主題Religion / Biblical Studies / GeneralReligion / Biblical Biography / New TestamentReligion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / GeneralReligion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New TestamentReligion / Biblical Studies / New Testament / GeneralReligion / Christian Ministry / Pastoral ResourcesSocial Science / Sociology of Religion
ISBN05216161829780521616188
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=nUjGkGlFo00C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.