A prolegomenon to the study of Paul

A prolegomenon to the study of Paul / by Patrick Hart.

A Prolegomenon to the Study of Paul examines foundational assumptions that ground all interpretations of the apostle Paul. This examination touches on several topics, invoking issues pertaining to truth, hermeneutics, canonicity, historiography, pseudonymity, literary genres, and authority. Underlyi...

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Main Author: Hart, Patrick (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2020.
Series:Supplements to Method & theory in the study of religion ; 15.
Subjects:
Bible. > Epistles of Paul.
Bible. > Epistles of Paul
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgements
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Familiar Paul?
  • 2 Mapping the Study
  • 1 ``In a Mirror Dimly''
  • 1 ``Our Knowledge Is Imperfect ... '': The Historical Paul, the Real Paul, and Paulusbilder
  • 2 `` ... For Now We See in a Mirror Dimly'': (Self) Reflections on the Study of Paul
  • 2 Canons and Collections: Considerations on the Formation of a Normative Pauline Archive
  • 1 The Paul of Canon
  • 2 The Concept of Canon
  • 3 The Formation of a Pauline Canon
  • 4 References to Paul by Early Church Fathers
  • 5 Marcion's Relevance to the Pauline Canon
  • 6 Acts
  • 3 The Pauline Archive and the Problem of Pseudonymity
  • 1 Views on Pseudonymity in Antiquity
  • 2 Pseudonymity and New Testament Scholarship
  • 3 Pseudonymity and the Canonical Pauline Archive
  • 4 Interpolations
  • 4 Genre, Intentionality & the Pauline Correspondence
  • 1 The Epistolary Genre
  • 2 ``Real'' Letters or Epistles?: Adolf Deissmann's Distinction
  • 3 Deissmann's Legacy
  • 4 Intentionality and Epistemological Expectations
  • 5 Locating Pauline Authority
  • 1 Canonical Authority
  • 2 Literary Authority
  • 3 Chronological or Historical Authority
  • 4 Apostolic or Charismatic Authority
  • 5 Revelatory Authority
  • 6 Theorizing Pauline Authority
  • 7 The Final Authority
  • Conclusion: Pauline Anarchivists
  • Afterword
  • Glossary of Terms
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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