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# Paul Through Mediterranean Eyes: Cultural Studies in 1 Corinthians

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Helps us to appreciate the WORD that we love even more.
  

*by P***R on Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2020*

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book even though I probably missed half of the message as I’m not great at deciphering language structures.I missed The understanding of the poetry of the text.However the introduction to a Mideastern mindset and how reading the Apostle Paul’s work through that mindset was fascinating.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    See What Paul Saw; Understand What Paul Intended
  

*by M***D on Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2012*

Bailey's Cultural Studies in 1 Corinthians is a one-of-a-kind find.  His unique insights regarding the people, places, and practices of Corinth and similar cultures enable one to see what Paul saw and understand what Paul intended.If for no other reason, Bailey's treatment of I Corinthians 14:34-35 ("Ladies, no chatting in church!") is worth this read.  I respect how Kenneth Bailey acknowledges the tension between seemingly opposing views presented by the Apostle Paul.  There is an appendix of thrilling parallels between 1 Corinthians and the book of Amos, suggesting that Paul was not writing from scratch.  There is a convincing and supported explanation of why Paul didn't accept financial support under some conditions but did on others.  A whole chapter is  dedicated to Paul's theology of mission as it occurs naturally in 1 Corinthians 9; and Bailey soundly discusses missionary identification and echoes Paul's call for discipline and embracing culture as prerequisites to effective Gospel proclamation.Probably the most new-to-me find in Bailey's book was a clear and consistent description of Paul's writing style, demonstrating Paul's desire to connect his ideas to the writings of the Old Testament prophets (particularly Isaiah).  Bailey defines and details the following composition patterns of apostolic homilies used throughout 1 Corinthians:  1) Ring composition; 2) Double-decker sandwich; 3) Prophetic rhetorical template; and 4) The high-jump format.  He also highlights various internal features within these apostolic homilies.  The climactic centering of the Old Testament quote has particularly caught my attention.  If these composition descriptions are new to you as they were me, go to the glossary in the back of the book and connect to the complete list of definitions before starting the text of the commentary.If you haven't read Bailey's other book, Jesus Through Middle Eastern Eyes, you'll thank me for mentioning it.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Mediterranean Indeed - Well Titled
  

*by B***A on Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2011*

The book brings together both Middle Eastern and Greek insights brilliantly. Dr. Bailey utilizes "Middle Eastern" insights to analyze Paul's remarkable letter written to the Corinthians and to all believers "in every place." A primary example is the "Ring Composition" form of Hebrew poetry, for which he provides numerous examples from Isaiah and which he identifies also in 1 Corinthians. This insight, which a well trained Rabbi or Middle Eastern scholar could spot more readily, Dr. Bailey helps make understandable to western readers who would otherwise miss this Middle Eastern rhetorical device that helps unlock 1 Corinthians.Dr. Bailey reveals Paul's brilliance in using not only Hebrew rhetorical style, but in using simultaneously a profoundly Greek style, in particular, the funeral oration style of Pericles (as in Pericles' "epitaphio").Dr. Bailey is neither arguing from an exclusively Middle Eastern point of view, nor from a purely Greek point of view. This is the brilliance of Dr. Bailey's insights which unlock the brilliance of Paul's work of carefully constructing a more broadly Mediterranean work, the breadth and brilliance of which has been lost to westerners who have viewed the text primarily through western eyes.That Dr. Bailey emphasizes the insights from the Middle Eastern point of view is a necessary corrective for westerners who miss what might be obvious to more trained Middle Eastern readers. But that emphasis is not an exclusive one and his use of Greek literary form (particularly that of Pericles) seems to justify well the title of the book as broadly Mediterranean.It is a glorious work filled with treasures, worthy of digesting carefully, a gift that comes from 35 years of work on this project. Thanks to Dr. Bailey for this unique work.

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