Pain and Paradox in 2 Corinthians

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The Transformative Function of Strength in Weakness

B.G. White(Autor*in)

Mohr Siebeck (Verlag)

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Erschienen im September 2021

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Cover
Title
Acknowledgements
Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 An Apologetic Paul: The Paradigm of 2 Corinthians Studies
1.2 Anomalies in the Paradigm - a Possible Crisis?
1.3 Readings of Strength in Weakness in 2 Corinthians
1.3.1 David Alan Black (1984)
1.3.2 Anthony Harvey (1996)
1.3.3 Timothy Savage (1996)
1.3.4 Raymond Pickett (1997)
1.3.5 Michael Gorman (2001)
1.3.6 Kar Yong Lim (2009)
1.3.7 Lisa Bowens (2017)
1.3.8 Changing Focus: Parallel Developments in German Scholarship
1.3.9 Erhardt Güttgemanns (1966)
1.3.10 Ulrich Heckel (1993)
1.3.11 Gerhard Hotze (1997)
1.3.12 Victor Nicdao (1997)
1.3.13 Jan Lambrecht (2001)
1.3.14 Trends in the Study of Strength in Weakness
1.4 Research Approach, Outline, and Aims
Chapter 2: The Problem of Pain: Re-interpreting the Corinthian Situation with Paul's - Words
2.1 Introduction
2.2 An Analysis of ??p- Words
2.2.1 Initial Results and Approach
2.2.2 A Survey of Ancient Sources
2.2.3 A Disaggregation of ??p- Words in 2 Corinthians
2.2.3.1 The Corinthians' 'Godly Grief'
2.2.3.2 The Pain of the Offender
2.2.3.3 Paul's Pain
2.2.3.4 The Corinthians' Pain Toward Paul
2.2.3.5 Conclusion
2.3 Implications for the Situation and Literary Integrity Problem
2.3.1 Connecting the Corinthians' 'Pain' and Paul's 'Weakness'
2.3.1.1 ??p- and ?s?e?- Words in Antiquity
2.3.1.2 Lexical Cohesion and Paired Opposites
2.3.1.3 Strength and Weakness as Concepts
2.3.1.4 Theological Connections: Christ and the Depths of Pain
2.3.1.5 Conclusions
2.3.2 The Corinthians' Polarity of Strength or Weakness
2.3.3 A Synopsis of the Situation in Corinth
2.3.4 Re-considering the Literary Integrity Problem
2.3.4.1 Partition Theories
2.3.4.2 Unity Theories
2.3.4.3 Conclusion
2.4 Summary and Initial Hypotheses
Chapter 3: A Jarring Comfort: The First Instances of the Paradox
3.1 An Overview of 2 Corinthians 1.3-11
3.2 Considering Paul's Purpose in 1.3-11
3.2.1 A Crescendo of Comfort (v. 3-7)
3.2.2 The Corinthian Situation and Its Implications for the Letter
3.2.3 Illustrating God's Comfort: The Affliction in Asia (v. 8-11)
3.2.4 Summary
3.3 The First Instance of Paradox
3.3.1 Prevailing Conceptions
3.3.2 The Christological Basis for Paul's Experience
3.3.3 Following the God Who Raises the Dead: A Proto-Paradox Arises
3.3.4 Why Paradox? The Difference Between God and Humanity
3.3.5 Summary
3.4 The Function of the Proto-Paradox in 1.8-11
3.4.1 New Knowledge
3.4.2 New Emotions
3.4.3 New Behaviour Toward Paul
3.4.4 Summary
3.5 Paul's Transformative Transition: The Trajectory for 4.7-15
3.6 An Overview of 2 Corinthians 4.7-15
3.7 The Meaning of the Treasure in Jars of Clay
3.7.1 Further Up and Further In: The Co-inherent Paradox
3.7.2 Contemporary Scholarship's Resolution of the Paradox
3.7.3 A More Theological Error: The Paradox as Zero-Sum Game
3.7.4 Summary
3.8 The Effects of the Treasure in Jars of Clay
3.8.1 Giving Credit Where Credit is Due (v. 4.7b)
3.8.2 Turning Paul Inside Out: The Death and Life Pattern (v. 8-12)
3.8.3 The Engine of the Paradox: God's Intrusive Grace (v. 13-15)
3.8.4 Summary
3.9 Portraits of the Paradox from 2 Corinthians 5
3.9.1 An Eschatological Resolution (v. 1-5)
3.9.2 Back to the Source: The One Who Died and Was Raised (v. 14-15)
3.9.3 Ambassadors for Christ, Not the Apologetic Paradigm (v. 16-21)
3.10 Conclusion
Chapter 4: A Heartfelt Event: The Paradox's Role in Reconciliation
4.1 An Overview of 2 Corinthians 6.1-13
4.2 A Return to the Enigma: Paul's Tone in 2 Corinthians
4.2.1 2 Corinthians 1-5
4.2.2 2 Corinthians 6-7
4.2.3 Conclusion
4.3 Discerning Paul's Strategy for Reconciliation with Corinth
4.3.1 The Context and Basis of Reconciliation with God (v. 1-4a)
4.3.2 Identifying the Nature and Redemptive Context of Divine Grace
4.3.3 Summary
4.4 The Hardship Catalogue's Theological Function
4.4.1 The Catalogue's Structure: An Overlooked Crescendo (v. 4b-10)
4.4.2 The Nature of the Paradoxes: Revelatory or Transformative? (v. 8b-10)
4.4.3 Living Paradoxically: The Meaning of a Collection of Paradoxes
4.4.4 Summary
4.5 The Paradox that Produces Reconciliation (v. 11-13)
4.5.1 Paul's Pastoral Realism: Connecting v. 1-10 and v. 11-13
4.5.2 Shrivelled Hearts in Corinth: The Site of Transformation
4.5.3 The Paradoxical Logic of Reconciliation (v. 11)
4.5.4 A Mutual Transformation: Making Paradoxical Peace (v. 12-13)
4.5.5 Summary
4.6 Glimpses of the Paradox's First Fruits in 2 Corinthians 7
4.6.1 The Return of Paul's Paradoxical Comfort (v. 1-7)
4.6.2 Productive or Paralyzing Pain? A Torn Community (v. 9-13)
4.7 Conclusion
Chapter 5: A Co-inherent Crescendo: Distinguishing the Paradox's Transformative Function
5.1 Introduction to 2 Corinthians 10-13
5.2 A Brief Survey of Interpretive Issues in 2 Corinthians 10-13
5.2.1 Paul's Tone: A Psychopath or a Psychopathologist? (2 Cor. 10-11)
5.2.2 The 'Super-Apostles'
5.2.3 The Structure of 2 Cor. 10-13 and the Fool's Speech
5.3 Why Strength in Weakness? A Grand Polarity of Strength or Weakness
5.3.1 A Negative Paradigm: The Polarized Ascent to Paradise (v. 1-6)
5.3.2 Sourcing the Experience: Who Gave the Thorn in the Flesh? (v. 7)
5.3.3 There and Back Again: Paul's Grand Polarity (v. 8)
5.4 The Climax of Strength in Weakness (12.9-10)
5.4.1 The Lord's Subversive Response (v. 9)
5.4.2 Prevailing Interpretations of the Strength in Weakness Paradox
5.4.2.1 Revelatory Interpreters
5.4.2.2 Ontological Interpreters
5.4.3 Mixed Presentations of Strength in Weakness
5.5 A Transformative Reading of Strength in Weakness
5.5.1 The Creative Sufficiency of God's Intrusive Grace (v. 9a)
5.5.2 Christ Speaks: The Interdependence of Opposites (v. 9a)
5.5.3 Initial Results: Co-inherent Rebound and Synergistic Fruit (v. 9b)
5.5.4 The Paradox's Stabilizing Effect (v. 10)
5.5.5 The Growth of Human Potential and Ticciati's Augustinian Rules
5.5.6 Summary
5.6 The Fruits of the Paradox: Folly and Love (v. 11-21)
5.6.1 Paul's Increasing Foolishness (v. 11-13)
5.6.2 The Overlooked Fruit: A Love-Enabling Paradox (v. 14-18)
5.6.3 Paul's Underestimated Declaration of Intent (v. 19)
5.6.4 Summary
5.7 The Paradox's Missing Ingredient (13.1-5)
5.8 Summary
Chapter 6: Conclusion
6.1 An Overview of the Argument
6.2 Research Contributions
6.3 Future Research Directions and Closing Reflections
Bibliography
Index of References
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Subjects

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