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This Week's Assignment : Twenty Questions

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1. What were the probable events which took place between the writing of 1 and 2 Corinthians - see textbook, pages 195-6
2. According to the textbook, what problems still remained in Corinth
3. According to the textbook, about how many people could gather together in one of the Roman villas in Corinth
4. How did Paul change the standard opening salutation of a Greek letter - xairein ! and also add a typical Jewish greeting to this Epistle
5. According to the textbook, how do verses 1:8-18, 1:23, & 2:1-4 fit in with Paul's circumstances and his postponed visit to Corinth
6. According to the textbook, what was a general view of philosophers in the Graeco-Roman world at this time
7. The section 2:5-9 might relate to a person described in 1 Corinthians - if so, what had he done, and what were Paul's instructions to the Church on how to deal with him
8. According to the textbook, why did Paul not stay long in Troas
9. From 3:1-3, how does Paul express his relationship to the Corinthian Christians
10. To what events in the Old Testament does 3:7 refer? include chapter and verse reference
11. According to the Didache, how can a Christian community discern whether or not a prophet or teacher is false? Didache is pronounced did-ah-KAY
12. Roughly when was the Didache written
13. What was the great diferrence between Paul's preaching and the teachings of the philosophers
14. According to the textbook, how were letters of recommendation used in the Graeco-Roman world
15. Who was Erastus
16. What is the Erastus Inscription
17. According to Philo of Alexandria, what happened at a gathering at the synagogue
18. Who was the ruler of the synagogue in Corinth at the time of Paul's first visit, and what happened to him
19. According to the textbook, what two types of tranformative events does Paul describe in his epistles
20. According to the textbook, what was the diferrence between the views of Jewish writers of the period, and Paul, with regard to the transformiiing work of God.

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