One of the apostle Paul\'s longest surviving letters, 1 Corinthians represents a prolonged argument for unity addressed to a church fraught-already-with internal struggles and sharp dissension just a few months after it was established.
His focus on stoic and ancient philosophical aspects of the letter is a much-needed addition to the Corinthians studies, not only for a fresh Reading of the correspondence but also because the philoso.
Brookins\'s Commentary as an important exception to the rule.
It is with much delight, then, that I am able to commend Dr.
Praise for Reading 1 Corinthians Quite a few of the recent commentaries on 1 Corinthians provide too much recycled information from older commentaries on this letter.
Truett Theological Seminary, the Reading the New Testament Commentary series presents cutting-edge biblical research in accessible language.
Hinson Professor of Christian Scriptures at Baylor University\'s George W. and Elanor McLerran DeLancey Dean & William M.
Still, Charles J.
He is also the author of Corinthians Wisdom, Stoic Philosophy, and the Ancient Economy and the co-author of 1 Corinthians: A Handbook on the Greek Text (2 volumes).
Edited by Todd D.
His research focuses on early Christianity within its ancient context.
Brookins is Associate Professor of Classics and Biblical Languages at Houston Baptist University.
And in love there is unity.
Timothy A.
This is love.
All things should be done, not for building up oneself, but for building up of the church.
All are one in Christ, united with him and with each other.
Paul advocates a more corporate perspective as the solution for the divisions.
Building on his earlier work, Brookins argues that socio-economic factors and contemporary philosophical perspectives intersected to create a dire rift in the Corinthian church, leaving it divided especially along the line between the spiritual Christians and the unspiritual ones.
In Reading 1 Corinthians, Timothy Brookins leads the reader through 1 Corinthians section by section, explaining the often perplexing intricacies of Paul\'s arguments in the light of the wider context of the letter, Paul\'s theology as a whole, and the church\'s first-century urban setting.
Across the sixteen chapters of the letter, Paul addresses a range of troubling issues: obsession with worldly status, sexual immorality, Christian lawsuits, questionable dietary habits, immodest behavior during worship services, denial of the resurrection of the dead, and more.
One of the apostle Paul\'s longest surviving letters, 1 Corinthians represents a prolonged argument for unity addressed to a church fraught-already-with internal struggles and sharp dissension just a few months after it was established
