Letter hermeneutics in 2 Corinthians : studies in literarkritik and communication theory
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Letter hermeneutics in 2 Corinthians : studies in literarkritik and communication theory
（Journal for the study of the New Testament : supplement series, 279）
T&T Clark International, c2004
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-197) and indexes
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Description
Having presented a brief history of research on 2 Corinthians, Eve-Marie Becker outlines the process of Paul's communication with the Corinthian community and considers letter-production and letter-reception at the time. She develops a "literary-historical" model for reconstructing the original separate letters (1.1-7.4; 7.5-16; 8--9; 10--13) which were later compiled to form the canonical letter. She defines - by means of linguistics and communication theory - the central theoretical elements for Pauline letter-hermeneutics. There is a thorough exegesis of those parts of 2 Corinthians in which Paul formulates aspects of his hermeneutics, based on the theory of letter-hermeneutics and on the results of the "literary-historical" reconstruction of the original form of 2 Corinthians. There is also an examination of the reception and interpretation of 2 Corinthians in the early church. This is volume 279 in the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement series.
Table of Contents
- Ch. 1 Current Approaches to the understanding of 2 Corinthians
- 1.1. Literarkritik as an approach to understanding 2 Corinthians
- 1.2. Research on orality and rhetoric as an approach to the understanding of 2 Corinthians
- 1.3. Epistolographic contributions to 2 Corinthians
- 1.4. So-called hermeneutical contributions to 2 Corinthians
- 1.5. Appreciation and critique: Rhetoric, epistolography and hermeneutics as approaches to 2 Corinthians
- 1.6. A preview: Further steps
- Ch.2 A literarhistorical reconstruction of 2 Corinthians
- 2.1. Paul as a'historical' letter-writer
- 2.2. The Corinthian congregation as recipients of 2 Cor.
- 2.3. Transmission and revision of the Pauline epistles
- 2.4. A literarhistorical model for the reconstruction of 2 Cor.
- Ch.3 Theoretical bases of epistolary hermeneutics
- 3.1. Communication by means of letters
- 3.2. Letter Writing
- 3.3. Epistolary hermeneutics as meta-communicatib
- Ch.4 Writing and understanding: Pauline epistolary hermeneutics in 2 Corinthians
- 4.1. On Letter-writing - 2 Cor.2.3f, 8f
- 7.8f, 12f
- 9.1
- 13.10
- 4.2. On the Reception of the Letters - 2 Cor.10.9-11
- 4.3. Writing and understanding: The meta-communication of 2 Corinthians and its epistolary hermeneutical yield
- 4.4. Special Analyses
- 4.4.1. On the Function of Co-Senders in the Pauline Epistles
- 4.4.2. Grajein in Paul
- 4.4.3. Legein, lalein, logoV in 2 Cor.
- 4.4.4. Autobiographical passages in Paul
- 4.4.5. Performative and meta-argumentative statements in 2 Cor.
- Ch.5 Further perspectives
- 5.1. Meta-communicative structures in 1 Cor. 8
- 5.2. The reception of 2 Corinthians (1-4th century)
- 5.3. Results
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