The Pauline Canon

by Stanley E Porter (Editor)

Overview

Porter (New Testament, McMaster Divinity College) and contributors examine the letters of St. Paul to find whether he wrote all parts of all the letters, if he wrote other letters not now in the canon, how his letters came into the canon, and whether there are interpolations in his canonical letters. Essay topics include the pastoral epistles, apostolic authority, and the development of the Pauline scriptures; the function of the pastoral letters; the possibility of an epistle to the Laodiceans; a comparison of the Hellenistic letter-formula and the Pauline letter-scheme; an assessment of when and how the canon was compiled; the disputed and undisputed letters, and which parts are truly the writings of St. Paul; and interpolation of the letters now considered canonical. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781589834286
Publisher:	Society of Biblical Literature
Publication date:	04/10/2009
Series:	Pauline Studies
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 9.35(h) x 0.66(d)

About the Author

Stanley E. Porter, Ph.D. (1988) in Biblical Studies and Linguistics, University of Sheffield, is President, Dean and Professor of New Testament at McMaster Divinity College, Hamilton, Ontario. He has published extensively in New Testament and related subjects. These include The Paul of Acts (1999) and the edited volume, with Jacqueline C.R. de Roo, The Concept of the Covenant in the Second Temple Period (Brill, 2003).

Table of Contents

	Preface	ix
	Abbreviations	xi
	Introduction to the Study of the Pauline Canon	1
	The Pastoral Epistles, Apostolic Authority, and the Development of the Pauline Scriptures	5
	The Function of the Pastoral Letters within the Pauline Canon of the New Testament: A Canonical Approach	27
	Paul's Letter to the Laodiceans	45
	The Hellenistic Letter-formula and the Pauline Letter-scheme	59
	When and How was the Pauline Canon Compiled? An Assessment of Theories	95
	Disputed and Undisputed Letters of Paul	129
	Paul Wrote Some of All, but not All of Any	169
	Interpolations in the Pauline Letters	189

Editorial Reviews

"This book is generally well written and well researched. Each essay takes its task seriously, looking at a wide array of scholarship in order to come to and informed conclusions … If you are working on the Pauline canon with respect to contents, the way it was collected, or the problems of interpolation, this is a book that you must have." – Ron Fay, in: Journal of Biblical Literature
"Es bleibt der Eindruck einer Zusamenstellung hoch interessanter, anregender und z.T. provozierender Beiträge zu wichtigen Fragen des Corpus Paulinum auf durchweg hohem wissenschaftlichen Niveau. Mit Sicherheit wird durch dieses Buch die wissenschaftliche Diskussion um zentrale Probleme der Entstehung wie auch der Interpretation des "paulinischen Kanons"entscheidende Impulse erhalten. Der weiteren Entwicklung der jungen Reihe "Pauline Studies" kann mit Spannung entgegengesehen wered." – Tobias Nicklas, in: Novum Testamentum (2005)
"All ... worthy contributions to the topics they touch upon, and research libraries will wish to add the volume to their holdings." – Michael W. Holmes, in: Religious Studies Review (2005)
"...stimulating and well produced volume..." – Christoph Stenschke, in: Filología Neotestamentaria Journal (2010)

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