1 Corinthians - Creating order in a new urban church

New Testament scholarship during recent years has seen an explosion of books and articles which attempt to situate the documents of the New Testament in their own time and culture. Various aspects of the contemporary culture are brought to the fore with varying success in an attempt to give these texts a fresh reading. This is not in the least also the case with the first letter to the Corinthians, which so clearly addresses itself to the practical problems of a young city congregation. Alt