Research Catalog

Title

Paul in the Roman world : the conflict at Corinth / Robert M. Grant.

Author

Grant, Robert M. (Robert McQueen), 1917-2014

Publication

Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, c2001.

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Details

Description

viii, 181 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

"Though the apostle Paul wrote letters to many of the churches he founded, none of his extant letters reveal more about him, his missionary activity, and the community of faith he sought to pastor than 1 Corinthians. In 1 Corinthians, Paul tried to influence - even control - the church in the context of a city that had lasting memories of Greek democracy but the present realities of a Roman proconsul. This volume highlights Paul as apostle, missionary, and pastor against the backdrop of the Greco-Roman culture, economics, and politics."--Jacket.

Subject

• 30-600
• Bible. > Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
• Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
• Corinth (Greece) > Church history
• Corinth (Greece) > Religious life and customs
• Corinth (Greece) > Social conditions
• Corinth (Greece) > Social life and customs
• Paulus (Apostel)
• Paulus Apostel, Heiliger
• Paulus, van Tarsus, ca. 6 v.Chr-67

Genre/Form

• Church history
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-173) and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part I Business and Politics -- 1 Journey to Corinth 3 -- 2 Corinth: City and Church 13 -- 3 Religion and Politics 23 -- 4 Some Contemporaries 45 -- Part II Religion and Ritual -- 5 God and the Gods 63 -- 6 Liturgy at Corinth 73 -- 7 Rites in the Second Century 95 -- Part III Paul on Sexuality -- 8 Christian Conduct 107 -- 9 Marital Problems 115.

ISBN

0664224520 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2001023392

OCLC

46319677

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library