The Pauline Canon
Author | : Stanley E. Porter |
Publisher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2013-12-14 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783662412282 |
ISBN-13 | : 3662412284 |
Rating | : 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: 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.