Abstract

The Pauline word of the cross (1Cor 1–2) unfolds an epistemological meta-theory referring to the conditions that make theology possible. The entire argumentation can be read as a dialogue with the dominant Greek-Hellenistic world-view. Within his own horizon of apocalyptic-sapiential theology Paul focuses on how the cross issues a critique of every form of thinking which does not reflect its own limitations in time and space. The word of the cross is correlated, therefore, to the expectation of a judgement about the teachers and preachers of the gospel.