Published by Brill in 2001, The Wisdom of the Wise by H. H. Drake Williams III is a scholarly examination of the presence and function of Scripture within 1 Corinthians 1:18–3:23. Focusing on Paul’s rhetoric of wisdom and folly, the work analyzes how scriptural citation and interpretation shape the argument of the Corinthian correspondence.
This study engages Second Temple Jewish traditions, Greco-Roman rhetorical conventions, and Pauline theology, offering a rigorous treatment intended for scholars, graduate students, and advanced readers of the New Testament.
A solid example of late-20th-century academic biblical criticism from one of the field’s premier publishers.
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