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First Corinthians

First Corinthians

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£39.99

Publisher: Liturgical Press
ISBN: 9780814659700
Number of Pages: 736
Width: 15.2 cm
Height: 22.9 cm

One of the most exciting of Paul's letters, 1 Corinthians offers a vantage point from which modern readers can reflect on diverseness in Christian Churches today. In First Corinthians, Raymond Collins explores that vantage point as well as the challenge Paul posed to the people of his time?and continues to pose in ours?to allow the gospel message to engage them in their daily lives.

Paul introduces us to a flesh-and-blood community whose humanness was all too apparent. Sex, death, and money were among the issues they had to face. Social conflicts and tension within their Christian community were part of their daily lives. Paul uses all of his diplomacy, rhetorical skill, and authority to exhort the Corinthian community to be as one in Christ.

In examining Paul's message and method, Collins approaches 1 Corinthians as a Hellenistic letter written to people dealing with real issues in the Hellenistic world. He cites existing Hellenistic letters to show that Paul was truly a letter writer of his own times. Collins makes frequent references to the writings of the philosophic moralists to help clarify the way in which Paul spoke to his beloved Corinthians. He also comments on some aspects of the social circumstances in which the Christians of Corinth actually lived.

CONTENTS

Editor’s Preface    xi
Author’s Preface    xiii
Note on References    xvii
Abbreviations    xix

Introduction
1. A Real Letter    1
2. A Hellenistic Letter    6
3. A Long Letter    8
4. A Single Letter?    10
5. A Stylistic Feature    14
6. Problems at Corinth    16
7. Paul’s Rhetoric    17
8. The Issues    20
9. Corinth    21
10. A Theological Perspective    25
11. Outline of the Structure of the Letter    29
General Bibliography    31

Translation, Interpretation, Notes
INTRODUCTION (1:1-9)
A. EPISTOLARY OPENING (1:1-3)    41
B. THANKSGIVING (1:4-9)    55 

BODY OF THE LETTER (1:10–15:58)
A. THEME AND OCCASION (1:10-17)    67
B. FIRST RHETORICAL DEMONSTRATION (1:18–4:21)    86
    1. Wisdom and Power (1:18-31)    89
    2. Paul’s Mission (2:1-5)    115
    3. God’s Wisdom (2:6-16)    121
    4. Mother and Farmer (3:1-9)    139
    5. The Construction (3:10-17)    148
    6. Slogans Reversed (3:18-23)    162
    7. The Ultimate Tribunal (4:1-5)    167
    8. The Lesson of Paul and Apollos (4:6-7)    175
    9. Filled and Hungry (4:8-13)    182
  10. A Letter of Admonition (4:14-16)    192
  11. Recommendation of Timothy (4:17-21)    195
C. SECOND RHETORICAL DEMONSTRATION (5:1–7:40)    203
    1. A Purified Community (5:1-8)    205
    2. Shunning Evil (5:9-13)    216
    3. Use of the Courts (6:1-11)    224
    4. Embodied Existence (6:12-20)    239
    5. Sex Within Marriage (7:1-7)    251
    6. Special Situations (7:8-16)    262
    7. Remain As You Were Called (7:17-24)    273
    8. Advice for the Unmarried (7:25-35)    287
    9. To Marry or Not to Marry (7:36-40)    298
D. THIRD RHETORICAL DEMONSTRATION (8:1–11:1)    304
    1. Food Offered to Idols (8:1-3)    308
    2. The Monotheistic Confession of Faith (8:4-6)    313
    3. Eating and Freedom (8:7-13)    321
    4. Apostolic Rights (9:1-14)    327
    5. Christ’s Slave (9:15-18)    343
    6. For the Sake of the Gospel (9:19-23)    349 
    7. The Games (9:24-27)    357
    8. Learning from Scripture (10:1-13)    363
    9. Avoid Idolatry (10:14-22)    375
  10. Summing Up (10:23–11:1)    382
E. THE FOURTH RHETORICAL DEMONSTRATION (11:2-34)    392
    1. Let Men Be Men and Women Be Women (11:2-16)    393
    2. The Lord’s Supper? (11:17-22)    416
    3. The Lord’s Supper (11:23-26)    425
    4. Judgment (11:27-34)    435
F. FIFTH RHETORICAL DEMONSTRATION (12:1–14:40) 441
    1. A Matter of Principle (12:1-3)    445
    2. Allotment of Gifts (12:4-11)    448
    3. The Body (12:12-26)    457
    4. Christ’s Body (12:27-31a)    466
    5. Not to Have Love (12:31b–13:3)    471
    6. Love’s Rhythm (13:4-7)    478
    7. A Unique Gift (13:8–14:1a)    483
    8. The Greater Gift of Prophecy (14:1b-5)    489
    9. A Trilogy of Cultural Analogies (14:6-12)    494
  10. Praying with Full Participation (14:13-19)    500
  11. Outsiders and Unbelievers (14:20-25)    504
  12. Order in the Assembly (14:26-40)    511
G. SIXTH RHETORICAL DEMONSTRATION (15:1-58)    525
    1. The Creed (15:1-11)    528
    2. If Christ Has Not Been Raised (15:12-19)    540
    3. Ultimate Victory (15:20-28)    546
    4. An Exhortation (15:29-34)    556
    5. How Can the Dead Be Raised? (15:35-44a)    562
    6. The Last Adam (15:44b-49   ) 568
    7. Victory over Death (15:50-58)    573 
CLOSING (16:1-24)
    1. Collection for the Holy Ones (16:1-4)    585
    2. Travel Plans (16:5-9)    590
    3. Timothy and Apollos (16:10-12)    594
    4. Goodbye (16:13-14)    599
    5. Commendation of Stephanas (16:15-18)    602
    6. Greetings (16:19-21)   607
    7. Solemn Farewell (16:22-24)    613

Indexes
Index of Scripture References    619
Index of Classical, Jewish, and Patristic Sources    661
Index of Modern Authors    676
Index of Topics    686

Supplementary Bibliography    697

Raymond F. Collins

Raymond Collins, PhD is a priest of the Diocese of Providence and is the dean of the School of Religious Studies at The Catholic University of America. He is the author of John and His Witness and Divorce in the New Testament published by The Liturgical Press.

Looking at this commentary on First Corinthians with the eyes of a college professor who teaches an introductory course on Paul, my first question is: Can I recommend it to a non-specialist, undergraduate student as a reliable source to do a paper on Paul? The answer is an unqualified, enthusiastic Yes!Catholic Books Review This series is uniformly excellent with its common format of introductory chapter, general structural outline and bibliography, followed by verse-by-verse commentary on the entire text of the NT book in question.Catholic Library World In addition to the translated text itself, First Corinthians is packed cover to cover with methodological perspectives, background information, interpretations, sources for reference and further study, and much more. Written for intermediate to advanced Bible studies students, and a singularly valuable tool for professionals, clergy, and religious educators, First Corinthians is as highly recommended for its depth and exacting scrutiny of source material as the rest of the Sacra Pagina series.The Midwest Book Review This commentary on First Corinthians continues the fine tradition of the Sacra Pagina commentary series. The Catholic Journalist

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