NT057-912 - 2 Corinthians and the Shape of Christian Leadership (Set Text)

• 3,162 Standard Tuition Fee
• 12
  Credit Points
• 0.125 EFT 
  
• 9
  AQF level
• Category advanced unit
  C
• New Testament Unit Discipline

Prerequisites

48cps Level 8; 12cps from units in OT or NT with a unit code of OT004 or higher code or NT004 or higher code, or study deemed equivalent by the ACT Registrar to appropriately prepare students for undertaking the unit.

Exclusions

NT030

Set Text

This unit counts towards the "set text" unit requirements of courses.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

1. Demonstrate Specialised knowledge and understanding of, and the research underlying, the interpretation of 2 Corinthians and its application to the understanding and practice of Christian leadership.

B. Be able to

B1. Examine Specialised scholarship on the interpretation of 2 Corinthians and its application to matters of Christian leadership

B2. Integrate diverse scholarship in the interpretation of 2 Corinthians and its application to matters of Christian leadership

B3. Present independent Research-Driven perspectives on the interpretation of 2 Corinthians and its application to matters of Christian leadership

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying research-based perspectives and skills from ‘2 Corinthians and the Shape of Christian Leadership’ to ministry practice and Christian living as a reflective practitioner

Content

A. Exegetical study of 2 Corinthians, including special attention to the letter’s context, rhetorical strategies and principal themes.

B. Investigation of selected leadership-related themes from the letter and their contemporary implications for Christian leadership practices within the church and/or in other social/institutional contexts. Themes to be explored could include some or all of the following:

i. authority, power and weakness;

ii. authenticity, transparency and truth;

iii. collaboration, conflict and reconciliation;

iv. sorrow, joy and emotional resilience;

v. wisdom and folly;

vi. justice and generosity;

vii. honour/glory and shame.

Set Readings

Commentaries 

Hafemann, Scott J. 2 Corinthians. NIVAC. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2000.

Harris, Murray J. The Second Epistle to the Corinthians: A Commentary on the Greek Text. NIGTC. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005.

Martin, Ralph P. 2 Corinthians. WBC. Rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2014.

Seifrid, Mark A. The Second Letter to the Corinthians. PNTC. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2014.

Thrall, Margaret E., A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Second Epistle to the Corinthians. 2 vols. ICC. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1994.

Witherington, Ben, Conflict and Community in Corinth: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on 1 and 2 Corinthians. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1995.

 

Books on leadership-related themes in 1-2 Corinthians

Ashley, Evelyn. Paul's Defense of his Ministerial Style: A Study of his Second Letter to the Corinthians. Lewiston: Edwin Mellen, 2011.+

Hafemann, Scott J., Suffering and Ministry in the Spirit: Paul's Defense of His Ministry in II Corinthians 2:14-3:3. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1990.

Harvey, A. E., Renewal through Suffering: A Study of 2 Corinthians. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1996.

Long, Fredrick J. Ancient Rhetoric and Paul's Apology: The Compositional Unity of 2 Corinthians. Cambridge: CUP, 2004.

Marshall, Peter, Enmity in Corinth: Social Conventions in Paul's Relations with the Corinthians. WUNT 2/23. Tübingen: Mohr-Siebeck, 1987.

Pickett, Raymond, The Cross in Corinth: The Social Significance of the Death of Jesus. JSNTSup 143. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1997.

Savage, Timothy B. Power through Weakness: Paul's Understanding of the Christian Ministry in 2 Corinthians. New York: CUP, 1996.

Starling, David I. UnCorinthian Leadership: Thematic Reflections on 1 Corinthians. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2014.

Vegge, Ivar, 2 Corinthians - A Letter About Reconciliation: A Psychagogical, Epistolographical and Rhetorical Analysis. WUNT 2/239; Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2008.

Welborn, L. L., Politics and Rhetoric in the Corinthian Epistles. Macon: Mercer University Press, 1997.

Winter, Bruce W., Philo and Paul among the Sophists. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002.

 

Books on leadership-related themes in Paul’s letters

Black, David Alan, Paul, Apostle of Weakness: Astheneia and its Cognates in the Pauline Literature. New York: Lang, 1984.

Clarke, Andrew D. A Pauline Theology of Church Leadership. LNTS. London: T&T Clark, 2008.

Ehrensperger, Kathy. Paul and the Dynamics of Power: Communication and Interaction in the Early Christ-Movement. LNTS. London: T&T Clark, 2007.

Fitzgerald, John T., Cracks in an Earthen Vessel: an Examination of the Catalogues of Hardships in the Corinthian Correspondence. Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1988. 

Harrison, James R., Paul's Language of Grace in its Graeco-Roman Context. WUNT 2/172. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2003.

Harrison, James R. Paul and the Ancient Celebrity Circuit: The Cross and Moral Transformation. WUNT. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2019.

McKnight, Scot. Pastor Paul: Nurturing a Culture of Christoformity in the Church. Theological Explorations for the Church Catholic. Grand Rapids: Brazos, 2019.

Rosner, Brian S., ed. Paul as Pastor. London: T&T Clark, 2018.

Strom, Mark, Reframing Paul: Conversations in Grace and Community. Downers Grove: IVP, 2000.

Sumney, Jerry L., 'Servants of Satan', 'False Brothers' and Other Opponents of Paul. JSNTSup 188. Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1999.

Thompson, James. Apostle of Persuasion: Theology and Rhetoric in the Pauline Letters. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2020.

Thompson, James. Pastoral Ministry According to Paul: A Biblical Vision. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2006.

 

Journal articles and book chapters

Andrews, Scott B., “Too Weak Not to Lead: The Form and Function of 2 Cor 11.23b-33.” NTS 41 (1995): 263-76. 

Barnett, Paul. “Paul, Apologist to the Corinthians.” In Paul and the Corinthians: Studies on a Community in Conflict: Essays in Honour of Margaret Thrall, edited by Trevor J. Burke and J. K. Elliott. NovTSup, 313-26. Leiden: Brill, 2003.

Barnett, Paul. “Apostle.” In Dictionary of Paul and his Letters, edited by Gerald F. Hawthorne, Ralph P. Martin and Daniel G. Reid, 45-51. Downers Grove: IVP, 1993.

Belleville, Linda L. “A Letter of Apologetic Self-Commendation: 2 Cor 1:8-7:16.” NovT 31, no. 2 (1989): 142-63.

Belleville, Linda L. “‘Imitate Me, Just as I Imitate Christ’: Discipleship in the Corinthian Correspondence.” In Patterns of Discipleship in the New Testament, edited by Richard N. Longenecker, 120-42. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996.

Forbes, Christopher. “Comparison, Self-Praise and Irony: Paul's Boasting and the Conventions of Hellenistic Rhetoric.” NTS 32 (1986): 1-30.

Lambrecht, Jan. “‘Strength in Weakness’: A Reply to Scott B. Andrews' Exegesis of 2 Cor 11:23b-33.” NTS 43 (1997): 285-90.

Starling, David I. “‘We Do Not Want You to Be Unaware…’: Disclosure, Concealment and Suffering in 2 Cor 1-7.” NTS 60 (2014): 266-79.

Starling, David I. “‘The Weapons of Righteousness’: Righteousness and Suffering in 2 Corinthians.” In Suffering in Paul, edited by S. Wu, 51-63. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2019.

Starling, David I. “The Weapons of Our Warfare: Culture, Conflict and Character in 2 Corinthians.” In Not in Kansas Anymore: Christian Faith in a Post-Christian World, edited by M. Frost, D. Jackson and D. Starling, 60–72. Eugene: Wipf & Stock, 2020.

Sumney, Jerry L. “Paul's ‘Weakness’: An Integral Part of his Conception of Apostleship.” JSNT 52 (1993): 71-91.

Welborn, Laurence L. “Paul's Appeal to the Emotions in 2 Corinthians 1.1-2.13; 7.5-16.” JSNT 82 (2001): 31-60.