Paul and the Rhetoric of Reconciliation: An Exegetical InvestigationThis work casts new light on the genre, function, and composition of Paul's first letter to the Corinthians. Margaret Mitchell thoroughly documents her argument that First Corinthians was a single letter, not a combination of fragments, whose aim was to persuade the Corinthian Christian community to become unified. Author: Margaret M. Mitchell Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press Published: 12 19 1991 Pages: 396 Binding Type: Paperback Weight: 1.