In this addition to the well-received Paideia series, a respected New Testament scholar examines cultural context and theological meaning in First Corinthians. Paideia commentaries explore how New Testament texts form Christian readers byattending to the ancient narrative and rhetorical strategies the text employsshowing how the text shapes theological convictions and moral habitscommenting on the final, canonical form of each New Testament bookfocusing on the cultural, literary, and theological settings of the textmaking judicious use of maps, photos, and sidebars in a reader-friendly formatStudents, pastors, and other readers will appreciate the historical, literary, and theological insight Pheme Perkins offers in interpreting First Corinthians.
