Monday, August 5, 2013

Letter of Paul to the Corinthians, 2



Book Written:  Between 54 A.D. and 56 A.D. per HC, but in 57 A.D. per Baker

Time Period/Setting:  Written from Macedonia to the same Corinthian community of his first letter.  2 Corinthians is considered to be more disjoint and fragmentary and HC discusses four theories concerning its make-up.

Title:  self-explanatory

Just to keep the un-chronology going, HC says that this second letter is actually Paul's fourth letter to his fellow Christians in Corinth.

In this letter, Paul defends himself against a nay-sayer, apparently a particular though un-named individual, who has besmirched Paul's legitimacy as an apostle.

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