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The Dictionary of Paul and His Letters is a one-of-a-kind reference work. Following the format of its highly successful companion volume, the Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, this Dictionary is designed to bring students, teachers, ministers and laypeople abreast of the established conclusions and significant recent developments in Pauline scholarship. No other single reference works...

speak in tongues was a good thing. He claimed to speak in tongues himself (1 Cor 14:18), and he coveted such an experience for all those to whom he addressed this letter (1 Cor 14:5). He understood that the very act of speaking in tongues edified the one who engaged in it (1 Cor 14:4). After all, they were addressing God (1 Cor 14:2) even though it be in mysteries. This gift was a type of prayer, prayed in a preconceptual or transrational mode (1 Cor 14:14; cf. Montague), which when properly interpreted