“THE ULTIMATUM BEFORE THE ASSAULT ON THE «STRONGHOLDS»” – A STUDY ON ME TAPHORS IN 2 CORINTHIANS 10:1-11
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https://doi.org/10.24193/theol.cath.latina.2022.LXVII.1.04Keywords:
Military metaphor, 2Cor 10 – 13, knowledge of God, obedience, collect, Paul.Abstract
The scenario of the assault on some strongholds, used in 2 Corinthians 10:1-11, attracted the attention and admiration of the readers of this Pauline Epistle, as it imprints a fast pace as well as a certain gravity to the whole section. By its means, the Apostle Paul announces a decisive intervention on his part in the community of Corinth where a series of tensions have arisen. However, the reader immediately remarks that the vocabulary used by the author is a metaphorical one. That is why it is all the more interesting to see what Paul wanted to express by its means. Therefore, taking into account the way in which the philosophy of language and linguistics define metaphor nowadays, I propose in this article to highlight the way in which the Apostle expresses his intention to defuse the situation in the community of Corinth.References
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