The Pauline Corpus In Early Christianity

Author : Benjamin P. Laird
Publisher : Hendrickson Publishers
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781496475930

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The Pauline Corpus in Early Christianity by Benjamin P. Laird Pdf

The Pauline Corpus in Early Christianity: Its Formation, Publication, and Circulation offers a comprehensive and wide-ranging examination of the canonical development of the collection of writings associated with the Apostle Paul. The volume considers a number of clues from the New Testament writings, ancient literary conventions related to the composition and collection of letters, and a variety of early witnesses to the early state of the corpus such as biblical manuscripts, canonical lists, and the testimony of writers. As a conclusion to these inquiries, Laird argues that at least three major archetypal editions of the Pauline corpus—those containing 10, 13, and 14 letters—appear to have been collected and edited as early as the first century. These major archetypal editions, Laird concludes, circulated simultaneously for many years until editions containing 14 letters became nearly universally recognized by the fourth century. The volume serves as a valuable resource of information for those engaged in the study of the early state of the New Testament canon and offers a fresh perspective on the process that led to the formation of the Pauline corpus.

Author : Christopher Mount
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2002-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789047401377

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Pauline Christianity by Christopher Mount Pdf

Pauline Christianity examines the reception of Acts and the ‘Pauline’ Luke by Irenaeus, the compositional intentions behind the construction of ‘Pauline’ Christianity in Acts, and the relation of the literary Paulinism of the author to the Paulinism of his sources.

Author : Glenn E. Snyder
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Acts of Paul
ISBN : 3161527739

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Acts of Paul by Glenn E. Snyder Pdf

Acts of Paul is a collection of early Christian traditions that were not included in the canonized Acts: the Acts of Paul and Thekla, 3 Corinthians, the Martyrdom of Paul, and other fabulous stories, such as Paul baptizing a lion. By the end of the second century, there was a rumor in North Africa that Acts of Paul had been fabricated by a presbyter in Asia Minor (Tertullian, De baptismo 17.5) and to this day, it is alleged that Acts of Paul is later than and inferior to the traditions preserved in Acts - historically, theologically, and otherwise. But what evidence is there for the composition and reception of Acts of Paul? In this study, Glenn E. Snyder critically examines Greek, Latin, and Coptic witnesses to Acts of Paul from the second to sixth centuries, with chapters on the independently circulating acts, extant collections, and other evidence for the formation of Acts of Paul.

Author : Stephen E. Fowl
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781474230957

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The Story of Christ in the Ethics of Paul by Stephen E. Fowl Pdf

In this book Fowl examines the role played by three poetic texts, Phil. 2.6-11, Col. 1.15-20, and 1Tim. 3.16 in the arguments of their epistles. Rather than functioning as criteria of christological orthodoxy, these poetic narrations of Christ's person and work are used by Paul to support various ethical positions. For Paul and the Christians he addresses, these stories of Christ are exemplars for the life and practice of the church.

Author : Brevard S. Childs
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9780802862785

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The Church's Guide for Reading Paul by Brevard S. Childs Pdf

"The Church's Guide for Reading Paul is the final work of a prolific and beloved biblical scholar. Brevard Childs here turns his sharp scholarly eye to the works of the apostle Paul and makes an unusual argument: the New Testament canon's formation was, above all, a hermeneutical exercise in which its anonymous apostles and postapostolic editors collected, preserved, and theologically shaped the material in order for the evangelical traditions to serve successive generations of Christians."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Benjamin J. Petroelje
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-09-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567703767

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The Pauline Book and the Dilemma of Ephesians by Benjamin J. Petroelje Pdf

Benjamin J. Petroelje argues that how one reads Ephesians is a function of deeper questions about how to read the Pauline book. Petroelje suggests the contemporary consensus-that Ephesians depicts development of/away from the “real Paul”-is largely a construct of modern criticism, rooted in shifting strategies about how to read a letter collection that developed in the 19th-century. Using Ephesians 3:1-13 as a point of analysis, Petroelje theorizes that the text's “image of Paul” not only anticipates recent revisionist interpretations of Paul's Jewish identity and gentile gospel, but also holds together tensions in the collection itself surrounding these questions. By analysing ancient letter collections beside their own hermeneutical priorities, and applying this method to the late-antique and modern reception of the corpus Paulinum, Petroelje is able to historicize the origins of the split of Paul's corpus, revealing the constructed nature of the critical consensus on Ephesians and the effect that such modern reading strategies have on interpreting the letter. Urging a return to reading Ephesians alongside Pauline co-texts, Petroelje advocates for Ephesians as a crucial source for the study of Paul, whether Paul wrote it or not.

Author : William M. Ramsay
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725290099

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Pauline and Other Studies in Early Christian History by William M. Ramsay Pdf

Author : Richard I. Pervo
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781451417005

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The Making of Paul by Richard I. Pervo Pdf

The influence of the apostle Paul in early Christianity goes far beyond the reach of the seven genuine letters he wrote to early assemblies; Paul was reveredand fiercely opposedin an even larger number of letters penned in his name, and in narratives told about him and against him, that were included in our New Testament and, far more often, treasured and circulated outside it. Richard Pervo provides an illuminating and comprehensive survey of the legacy of Paul and the various ways he was remembered, honored, and vilified in the early churches.

Author : C. Leslie Mitton
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-01-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781606084168

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The Formation of the Pauline Corpus of Letters by C. Leslie Mitton Pdf

We know a good deal about the life of the Apostle Paul, and are also reasonably well-informed about the circumstances connected with the writing of his letters. Concerning, however, the collecting of those letters together--how, why, when and where this was done--we are curiously ignorant. The conventional answer has been that it happened gradually, as an almost inevitable, imperceptible process. The arguments, however, on which this answer is based, cannot claim to be conclusive, and in recent years two scholars in the United States have challenged the whole assumption. In this book Dr. Mitton presents both points of view and the arguments by which they are supported, and invites the reader to give consideration to the less familiar theory.

Author : Gosnell L. O. R. Yorke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015032600754

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The Church as the Body of Christ in the Pauline Corpus by Gosnell L. O. R. Yorke Pdf

In discussions of the church as the body of Christ (sime Christou) within the Pauline corpus, numerous New Testament scholars have tried to come to grips with a fundamental but yet unresolved issueóthe nature of the relationships between Christ via his own body and the church as body. The implicit assumption is that sime Christou as ecclesiological language does point to Christ's once crucified but now risen body in some direct wayóeither mystically or metaphorically. This book examines exegetically that basic assumption in the light of the 18 ecclesiological references to sima and demonstrates that the expression is not a reference to Christ's personal body, as numerous scholars assert, but that it simply has the human body (any human body) as its referent. The book maintains that Christ's personal body, crucified and risen, becomes relevant only in a larger Christological and soteriological sense.

Author : Stanley E. Porter
Publisher : Springer
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783662412282

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The Pauline Canon by Stanley E. Porter Pdf

The Pauline letters continue to provoke scholarly discussion. This volume includes papers that raise a variety of questions regarding the canon of the Pauline writings. Some of the essays are more narrowly focused in their intent, sometimes concentrating upon a single dimension related to the Pauline canon, and sometimes upon even a single letter. Others of the essays are more broadly conceived and deal with how one assesses or accounts for the process that resulted in the letters as a collection, rather than analyzing individual letters. There are also mediating positions that attempt to overcome the disjunction between authenticity and inauthenticity by exploring the complex notion of interpolation.

Author : Jennifer R. Strawbridge
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2015-11-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110446548

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The Pauline Effect by Jennifer R. Strawbridge Pdf

This study offers a fresh approach to reception historical studies of New Testament texts, guided by a methodology introduced by ancient historians who study Graeco-Roman educational texts. In the course of six chapters, the author identifies and examines the most representative Pauline texts within writings of the ante-Nicene period: 1Cor 2, Eph 6, 1Cor 15, and Col 1. The identification of these most widely cited Pauline texts, based on a comprehensive database which serves as an appendix to this work, allows the study to engage both in exegetical and historical approaches to each pericope while at the same time drawing conclusions about the theological tendencies and dominant themes reflected in each. Engaging a wide range of primary texts, it demonstrates that just as there is no singular way that each Pauline text was adapted and used by early Christian writers, so there is no homogeneous view of early Christian interpretation and the way Scripture informed their writings, theology, and ultimately identity as Christian.

Author : John Muddiman,John Barton
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191614774

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The Pauline Epistles by John Muddiman,John Barton Pdf

The Oxford Bible Commentary is a Bible study and reference work for 21st century students and readers that can be read with any modern translation of the Bible. It offers verse-by-verse explanation of every book of the Bible by the world's leading biblical scholars. From its inception, OBC has been designed as a completely non-denominational commentary, carefully written and edited to provide the best scholarship in a readable style for readers from all different faith backgrounds. It uses the traditional historical-critical method to search for the original meaning of the texts, but also brings in new perspectives and insights - literary, sociological, and cultural - to bring out the expanding meanings of these ancient writings and stimulate new discussion and further enquiry. Newly issued in a series of part volumes, the OBC is now available in an affordable and portable format for the commentaries to the Pauline Epistles. Includes a general introduction to using the Commentary, in addition to an introduction to study of the New Testament, and to the Pauline Corpus in particular.

Author : Jens Schröter,Simon Butticaz,Andreas Dettwiler
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 1039 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110533729

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Receptions of Paul in Early Christianity by Jens Schröter,Simon Butticaz,Andreas Dettwiler Pdf

The volume deals with interpretations of Paul, his person and his letters, in various early Christian writings. Some of those, written in the name of Paul, became part of the New Testament, others are included among „Ancient Christian Apocrypha", still others belong to the collection called „The Apostolic Fathers". Impacts of Paul are also discernible in early collections of his letters which became an important part of the New Testament canon. This process, resulting in the „canonical Paul", is also considered in this collection.

Author : J. Paul Sampley
Publisher : Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Bible
ISBN : IND:39000002093081

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Pauline Partnership in Christ by J. Paul Sampley Pdf