Die reëls en tussen die reëls van die Korintiërbriewe: Walter Schmithals se ‘Die Gnosis in Korinth’

Abstract

The lines and between the lines of the letters to the Corintians: Walter Schmithals’ ‘Gnosticism in Corinth’
The concern of this article is to represent Walter Schmithals’ understanding of the Pauline letters to Corinth from his perspective of Paul’s lively dialogue with gnostic opponents. It is done under the following headings: Introduction; Literary analysis; Opponents; Christology; G nosticism; Anthropology; E thics; Eschatology; Ecclesiology; Paul and the historical Jesus.