The Corinthian Correspondence (BN2010Y)

Monday 6:00pm

• Week 1: Introductory considerations: dating, literary integrity, structure, the history of Paul's dealings with the Corinthians. Reading: “Paul the Letter writer” in Witherington, Ben. New Testament Rhetoric p. 104-120
• Week 2: 1 Cor 1-4 Division within the community. Reading: Gorman, Michael, * Apostle of the Crucified Lord, Paul’s Theology*, 131 -145
• Week 3: 1 Cor 5-6: Immorality and litigation within the community. Reading: “Order and Purity in Paul’s Symbolic Universe ,” p. 21-55 Perceiving the human body,” p. 116-131’ in Jerome Neyrey, *Paul in Other Words
• Week 4: 1 Cor 7: The status of marriage in the light of the eschaton. Reading: A.A. Rupprecht “Slave, slavery,” in Dictionary of Paul and his Letters p. 881-883
• Week 5: 1 Cor 8-10: Food sacrificed to idols and the meaning of Christian freedom. Reading: B.B. Blue “Food Offered to Idols and Jewish Food Laws” in Dictionary of Paul and His Letters p. 306-310
• Week 6: 1 Cor 11-14: Spiritual gifts, over inflated egos and the true nature of the community as Christ’s body. Reading: Nancy A. Carter,” Paul and Corinthian Women’s Head Coverings, “Five Myths About Corinthian Headwear,” Ben Witherington, “A Closer Look: Prophecy and Glossolalia in Corinth,’ p. 276-281
• Week 7: 1 Cor 15: The Resurrection and the mistaken view that some have already attained it. 1 Cor 16: Conclusion of the Letter
• Week 8: 2 Cor 1-2 Paul attempts to deal with misunderstanding and the wounds caused by his previous letter. 2 Cor 3-7 Paul’s reflection on the nature of his ministry as apostle
• Week 9: 2 Cor 3-7 ( continued )
  
• Week 10: 2 Cor 8-9 Paul appeals for the poor of the church of Jerusalem
  
• Week 11: 2 Cor 10-12: Paul defends his ministry against “false apostles.” Reading: Glancy, Jennifer A “ Boasting of Beatings (2 Corinthians 11:23-25 ) JBL 123/1 (2004) p. 99-135
• Week 12: 2 Cor 10-12 ( continued )