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There has been great interest in recent years concerning the presence and function Scripture within Paul's writing. This study examines the presence of Scripture in the forms of citations, allusions, and echoes within I Cor. 1:18-3:23. It concludes that Scripture is more evident within this portion of Paul's writing than has hitherto been realized. It supports the presence of six Scripture citations including Jer. 9:24 in I Cor. 1:31, Isa. 64:4 in I Cor 2:9, and Isa. 40:13 in I Cor. 2:16. It also identifies two allusions, Jer. 9:23 in I Cor. 1:30 and Isa. 65:17 in I Cor. 2.9. Finally, it supports the presence of six echoes that have shaped Paul's thoughts: Isa. 33:18 in I Cor. 1:20, Isa. 28:16 in I Cor. 1:21-24, Jer. 9:23 in I Cor. 1:26-29, Zech. 4:6 in I Cor. 2:3-5, Isa. 5:2 in I Cor. 3:6-9, Isa. 3:3 in I Cor. 3:10, and Mal. 3:2-3 in I Cor. 3:12-15. Once these prominent Scripture texts have been identified, their function is explored in the light of Paul's identity as a first-century Jewish writer, Old Testament prophet, and apostle. This study surveys the Old Testament context of each Scripture text and compares it to a survey of early Jewish thought that most resembles the particular Scripture text. It then examines I Cor. 1:18-3:23 in light of this understanding. This study concludes that Paul used the Scripture texts in question in context and stands in line with early Jewish tradition. He uses Scripture as Old Testament prophets of old, but in the new time era that began at the time of Christ.

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Data base of parallel word-for-word comparison: A data-base (MAIN-DB) has been built up which enables data from each Gospel to be partitioned into unique units to contain the same information (*) present in one, two or three Gospels. The current structure of chapter and verse is shown to be irrelevant and an obstacle to analysis. Data base of detailed Huck-number event analysis: A data-base (Summary) has been built up to enable the main Episodes in the Gospels to be partitioned into Events and Units which contain the same information (*). The criterion is that the words in a given unit either match exactly with a group of words in one or two of the other Gospels or the content of the words in the unit are the same or similar. This database is being developed as a statistical Apparatus to evaluate Co-Structural and Detailed studies of each Episode and the associated Events and Units. This is achieved by the use of word counts. Analysis of detailed structure using words as criterion: Analysis of the data enables the units to be analysed into all possible combinations. The analysis shows that the above categories must be further divided into the above categories where each gospel can be either the origin of data or the result of gospel data from another Gospel. The co-structural analysis of the Gospels is then given based on word counts and general conclusions are reached. The detailed analysis of correlation between the Gospels is then given for selected events. The resultant databases would be of general use to scholars of both science and literature. Information: The measurement of information is considered as changing text to numbers. This would then enable data to be translated from text - which is data in a number base other than base 10 - and to translate it to a suitable number base for use on current computers.

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