The Corinthian Correspondence
Redaction, Rhetoric, and History
Published on 29. August 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
354 pages
978-1-9787-0521-0 (ISBN)
Description
In The Corinthian Correspondence, Frank W. Hughes and Robert Jewett argue that there were eight original letters by the Apostle Paul to the church in Corinth. In the first part of the book, they use literary and redaction criticism to show the reasons for the partition theory of 1 and 2 Corinthians. Analyzing each of the eight letters and letter-fragments using rhetorical criticism, they show how the original Corinthian letters were edited and reshaped into 1 and 2 Corinthians in the New Testament. After reflections on the rhetoric of these letters and the historical meaning of the reshaping of the images of Paul, a final chapter traces the consequences of the reshaping of the Corinthian correspondence and the adoption of the bound book (codex) instead of the original papyrus scrolls. Several figures help the reader understand the redactional process, and a new translation of the eight reconstructed Corinthian letters is provided.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
558 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-9787-0521-0 (9781978705210)
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Persons
Frank W. Hughes is an Episcopal priest who served churches in central Pennsylvania and western Louisiana. He was a senior lecturer in New Testament Studies at Codrington College in Barbados, in affiliation with the University of the West Indies.
Robert Jewett (1933-2020) was theologian-in-residence at St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Lincoln, Nebraska, and formerly guest professor of New Testament at the University of Heidelberg and Harry R. Kendall professor of New Testament interpretation emeritus at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.
Robert Jewett (1933-2020) was theologian-in-residence at St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Lincoln, Nebraska, and formerly guest professor of New Testament at the University of Heidelberg and Harry R. Kendall professor of New Testament interpretation emeritus at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.
Content
Part One: The Redaction of the Corinthian Letters
1. Introduction
2. The Partition and Redaction of 2 Corinthians
3. The Need to Partition 1 Corinthians
4. The Redaction of 1 Corinthians
Part Two: The Provenance and Rhetoric of the Original Letters
5. Letter A: Troubles in Worship (1 Corinthians 11:2-34a + 16:1-4 + 11:34b)
6. Letter B: The Body Matters (2 Cor 6:14?7:1 + 1 Cor 6:12-20 + 1 Cor 9:24?10:22 + 1 Cor 15:1-58 + 1 Cor 16:13-24)
7. Letter C: Arguing for Unity (1 Cor 1:1?6:11 + 7:1?8:13 + 9:19-23 + 10:23?11:1 + 12:1-31a + 14:1c-33a + 12:31b?13:13 + 16:5-12)
8. Letter D: Reorganizing the Offering (2 Cor. 8:1-24)
9. Letter E: Apology for Paul's Apostleship (2 Cor 2:14?6:13 + 2 Cor 7:2-4)
10. Letter F: Anguish of Heart and Many Tears (2 Cor 10:1?12:13 + 1 Cor 9:1-18 + 2 Cor 12:14?13:13)
11. Letter G: Consolation for the Afflicted (2 Cor 1:1-2:13 + 2 Cor 7:5-16 + 2 Cor 13:11-13)
12. Letter H: An Appeal to the Achaians (2 Corinthians 9:1-15)
Part Three: Reflections on the Redaction of the O
1. Introduction
2. The Partition and Redaction of 2 Corinthians
3. The Need to Partition 1 Corinthians
4. The Redaction of 1 Corinthians
Part Two: The Provenance and Rhetoric of the Original Letters
5. Letter A: Troubles in Worship (1 Corinthians 11:2-34a + 16:1-4 + 11:34b)
6. Letter B: The Body Matters (2 Cor 6:14?7:1 + 1 Cor 6:12-20 + 1 Cor 9:24?10:22 + 1 Cor 15:1-58 + 1 Cor 16:13-24)
7. Letter C: Arguing for Unity (1 Cor 1:1?6:11 + 7:1?8:13 + 9:19-23 + 10:23?11:1 + 12:1-31a + 14:1c-33a + 12:31b?13:13 + 16:5-12)
8. Letter D: Reorganizing the Offering (2 Cor. 8:1-24)
9. Letter E: Apology for Paul's Apostleship (2 Cor 2:14?6:13 + 2 Cor 7:2-4)
10. Letter F: Anguish of Heart and Many Tears (2 Cor 10:1?12:13 + 1 Cor 9:1-18 + 2 Cor 12:14?13:13)
11. Letter G: Consolation for the Afflicted (2 Cor 1:1-2:13 + 2 Cor 7:5-16 + 2 Cor 13:11-13)
12. Letter H: An Appeal to the Achaians (2 Corinthians 9:1-15)
Part Three: Reflections on the Redaction of the O