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041 _a0 eng
082 _a227.206
082 _bL111-W44
100 _aWelborn, L. L.
100 _d(1953-...)
100 _eAuthor
245 _aJournal for the study of the New Testament
245 _bEarly Christianity in context
245 _cL. L. Welborn
245 _nvol. 293
245 _pPaul, the fool of Christ: A study of 1 Corinthians 1-4 in the comic-philosophic tradition
260 _aGreat Britain
260 _bT&T Clark
260 _c2005
300 _a322tr.
300 _bPaperback
300 _c23cm
520 _aWelborn argues that Paul's acceptance of the role of a 'fool', and his evaluation of the message of the cross as 'foolishness', are best understood against the background of the popular theatre and the fool's role in the mime. Welborn's investigation demonstrates that the term 'folly' (moria) was generally understood as a designation of the attitude and behavior of a particular social type -รป the lower class buffoon. As a source of amusement, these lower-class types were widely represented on the stage in the vulgar and realistic comedy known as the mime. Paul's acceptance of the role of the fool mirrors the strategy of several intellectuals in the early Empire who exploited the paradoxical freedom that the role permitted for the utterance of a dangerous truth. Welborn locates Paul's exposition of the 'folly' of the message about the cross in a submerged intellectual tradition that connects Cynic philosophy, satire, and the mime. In this tradition, the world is viewed from the perspective of the poor, the dishonored, and the outsiders. The hero of this tradition is the 'wise fool,' who, in grotesque disguise, is allowed to utter critical truths about authority. The book demonstrates that Paul participates fully in this tradition in his discourse about the folly of the word of the cross. The major components of Paul's argument in 1 Corinthians 1-4 find their closest analogies in the tradition that valorizes Socrates, Aesop, and the mimic fool.
650 _aBible -- New Testament -- Corinthians, 1st, I-IV -- Style
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