Corpus-Paul

[Edgar Krentz <ekrentz AT lstc.edu>]

At 11:34 AM +1000 6/8/01, Rick S wrote:
> Relative to the discussion about Paul's financial support from the 
> Philippians etc. I am working on a theory that in his Corinthians 
> correspondence Paul uses the rhetoric of shame to get the 
> Corinthians to send him some money. The Philippians supported him 
> while he was in Corinth; the Corinthians should support him while he 
> was in Ephesus.
>
> Does anyone know what Philippians and Corinthians thought of each 
> other? How ancient is the Macedonian-Greek conflict??
>
> Thanks, in advance, for any thoughts,
>
> Rick Strelan
> Brisbane

Rick, depends what period you are talking about. Philippi was a Roman 
colony in the first century, its inscriptions are almost all in 
Latin, its government modeled on that of Rome.

Read Peter Pilhofer.

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