11.13Structure of 1 Corinthians
I’ve got an exam on 1 Corinthians on Monday. Here is a PDF of Ciampa & Rosner’s structure for 1 Corinthians (from a forthcoming commentary). It’s in the shape of a cross, not aiming to be tacky, just memorable. Hopefully some will find it helpful.
Not one of my class mates? Not really interested in the structure of 1 Corinthians? Start reading it here and/or check out the following sermons on the book:
- Phillip Jensen – St Andrew’s Cathedral, Sydney CBD
- Paul Dale – Church By The Bridge, Kirribilli
- Mark Driscoll – Mars Hill Church, Seattle
Do you buy it? I read a Rosner article arguing for it a few years ago… and I don’t buy it.
PS Thanks for linking to an outline.
November 14th, 2009 at 8:09 am
it’s hard not to buy it after i have listened to him for the past semester arguing it!!
what don’t you buy about it?
November 14th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
Here’s a few question marks for me:
1. Do the problems with analysing 1Cor from a Gr-Rom literary point of view more show how silly literary analysis gets, rather than then need to interpret it through another grid?
2. The flee/honour verses are not noticeably central, structural markers to me.
3. The lawsuits stuff doesn’t fit neatly, and doesn’t get explained neatly.
4. I’m a bit over the conviction that NT writers has detailed and totally brilliantly cohesive structures for their books.
5. 1Cor 8-14 seems to be about a range of diverse issues, and it seems misrepresentative to see the primary issue in 8-10 as fleeing idolatry.
6. Breaking off chapter 4 at verse 17 kind of annoys me.
November 14th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
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