The Theology of the First Letter to the Corinthians

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This study shows that the common view of 1 Corinthians as mainly about ‘ethics’ and therefore of little importance for ‘theology’ needs correcting. Furnish argues that 1 Corinthians is an even better place to take the apostle’s theological pulse than the allegedly ‘more theological’ letters to the Galatians and Romans, because here it is especially evident how his thinking about the gospel took place within the crucible of his missionary and pastoral labours. Paul’s complex theological legacy is...Vis mer