Paul's message of the cross as body language
By: Wenhua Shi
Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 2. Reihe -- 254; Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament -- 254.
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Tübingen
Language: eng
Number of pages: 316
ISBN-13: 9783161497063
Subjects: Analys och tolkning; Crucifixion of Jesus Christ; Bible; Bibeln; Korsfästelsen; Body language; Criticism, interpretation; Crucifixion; Christianity
Notes: Revised version of the author's doctoral thesis.

doctoral Durham University 2008

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-290) and indexes.

In English; occasional phrases in Ancient Greek with English translations.
Table of contents: title: Crucifixion in antiquity; title: Noble death in Greco-Roman and Jewish traditions; title: Exegesis of 1 Corinthians 1.18-31; title: Rhetoric, delivery, body language and masculinity; title: Exegesis of 1 Corinthians 2.1-5 and 2 Corinthians 10.10; title: Hardship as "virtue" in classical writings. with special reference to stoicism; title: Suffering and hardship as signs of shame and degradation; title: Suffering and hardship as demonstrations of divine power i human weakness.