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Paul was a Hebrew of the Hebrews, steeped in the learning of his people. But he was also a Roman citizen who widely traveled the Mediterranean basin, and was very knowledgeable of the dominant Greek and Roman culture of his day. These two mighty rivers of influence converge in Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians. With razor-sharp attention to the text, Kenneth Bailey examines the cultural...

2. Biblical “ring composition” usually places the climax in the center, not at the end. We saw cases of this “center climax” in the texts examined above. Our centuries-old “default” assumption is that the climax appears at the end of any discussion. If the author has placed his/her conclusion elsewhere, the reader should have a chance to observe and ponder that climax. In the case of ring composition, rhetorical analysis offers that opportunity. 3. Where a particular text begins and ends can often
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