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Power through Weakness: Paul's Understanding of the Christian Ministry in 2 Corinthians (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series)
Customer Reviews:
Scholarly, penetrating, insightful, profoundly helpful
By Robert P. Odle - November 1, 2004Paul's claim, "When I am weak, then I am strong," appears to be a clear absurdity. It attempts to harmonize two mutually exclusive terms. Christian ministry as comfort experienced through suffering, glory manifested through shame, life working through death, riches won through poverty, and power expressed through weakness borders on gibberish. It at least presents a paradox. In the book Dr. Savage seeks to make sense of this paradox.
Dr. Savage argues that it is this paradox-a paradox finding expression in a number of different antitheses-that drives to the heart of what it means to Paul to be a minister (diakonoi) of Christ. To fully comprehend the paradox Dr. Savage argues that we must first understand the background to Paul's paradoxical teaching. Unfortunately, this background is notoriously illusive for two reasons: (1) first, the letter we call 2 Corinthians was directed to "the intruder" (7:12) about whom we know very little, and (2) second, the letter was written... read more
Uses classical history to rethink 2Cor. Brilliant!.
By A Customer - November 8, 1996Savage shows us that the status-hungry,
fast-money, glory-oriented 1st century
metropolis of Corinth sounds much like
our own society. In a society of briliance,
beauty, and braggarts, Paul didn't fit.
Weakness was his only strength and
Moses became his model. A very lively,
spiritually rewarding academic book. Some
familiarity with Pauline study may help.
But very clear for an advanced level study.
Valuable resource
By Neil Bernard - October 20, 2008This book was used for my Master's essay on Paul's theology of ministerial weakness in 2Cor. A valuabel resource it provided background and context to 2Cor and I quoted it a number of times in my essay.
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