2 Corinthians (Readings: A New Biblical Commentary) [signed]

Sensitivity to literary style enables Jerry McCant to offer a new and dynamic reading of 2 Corinthians that illuminated many perennially difficult passages. Against many scholars, he argues for the unity of the letter and rejects the widely held view of outside opponents at Corinth. McCant advances the thesis that 2Corinthiand is a parodic defence speech that demolished the Corinthian ideas of patronage and apostolic criteria. Readers will certainly find the argument for a parodic reading of 2 Corinthians intriguing