Moses in Corinth
Subtitle: the apologetic context of 2 Corinthians 3
By: by Paul B. Duff
Series: Supplements to Novum Testamentum -- volume 159; Supplements to Novum Testamentum -- v. 159.
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9789004288430; 9789004289451; 9781322872919
Subjects: Criticism, interpretation; Bible; Biblical teaching
Description: Scholars have long puzzled over the imagery focused on Moses in 2 Corinthians 3; it is unclear how that imagery fits into the larger context of the letter. Many have explained the imagery as the apostle's reaction to the "super-apostles", Jewish missionaries mentioned later in the letter. These preachers, it has been argued, promoted either a "divine-man" or a Judaizing agenda. In Moses in Corinth, Paul B. Duff contends that the Moses imagery has nothing to do with the super-apostles but functions instead as an integral part of Paul's first apologia sent to Corinth. This apologia, found in 2 Cor 2:14-7:4, represents an independent letter sent to dispel suspicions about the apostle's honesty, integrity, and poor physical appearance. (Publisher).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-223) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The problematic nature of 2 Corinthians; title: The question of the integrity of 2 Corinthians; title: The origins of Paul's first apology; title: "Who is fit for these things?" (2 Cor1:14-3:6); title: The ministries of condemnation and righteousness; title: Not like Moses? (2 Cor 3:12-18); title: Reading Paul reading Moses.