Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians

This course is an in-depth analysis of Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians, in which students will engage in detailed critical interpretation of the biblical text within its socio-historical context. The central theological themes of the letter will be explored [for example, the ministry of reconciliation, the relationship between the old covenant and the new, and the relationship of the Gentile Church to the church in Jerusalem], and there will also be an examination of such introductory questions as the unity of the letter and an investigation of the relevance of the letter for today’s world.