The dividing wall : Ephesians and the integrity of the Corpus Paulinum

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    • Wright, Martin

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The dividing wall : Ephesians and the integrity of the Corpus Paulinum

Martin Wright

(Library of New Testament studies / editor, Mark Goodacre, 646)(T & T Clark library of Biblical studies)

T&T Clark, 2021

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Summary: "This volume critiques preoccupation with the authorship of the Pauline letters, and argues for more integrative and interpretive readings of the Pauline Corpus"--Provided by publisher

Bibliography: p. [191]-204

Includes indexes

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This book argues for the integrity of the Pauline Corpus as a complex, composite text. Martin Wright critiques the prevailing tendency to divide the Corpus in two, separating the undoubtedly authentic letters from those of disputed authorship. Instead, he advocates for a renewed canonical hermeneutic in which the Corpus as a whole communicates Paul's legacy, and the authorship of individual letters is less important, stressing that that current preoccupations with authorship have a distorting effect on exegesis, and need to be reconsidered. Wright uses Ephesians as a focal text to illustrate the exegetical potential of this approach. He critically investigates the history of the prevailing hermeneutics of pseudonymity, with particular attention to the theological and confessional partiality with which it is often inflected. And constructively, he proposes a new hermeneutical model in which the Pauline Corpus is read as a continuous interpretative dialogue, leaving the question of authorship to one side. In two substantial exegetical studies, Wright offers new readings of passages from Ephesians and other Pauline letters, amplifying the proposed approach and illustrating its value.

Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: The Dividing Wall Part I-Canon and Countercanon Chapter One: The Formation of the Corpus Paulinum Chapter Two: The Dissolution of the Corpus Paulinum Part II-Reading Paul in Ephesians Chapter Three: From Estrangement to Reconciliation Chapter Four: The Body and the Corpus Conclusion: Corpus Conpactum et Conexum Bibliography Index

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