The Corinthian Correspondence

Frank W. Hughes; Robert Jewett

doi:10.5771/9781978705203

Summary

In The Corinthian Correspondence, Frank W. Hughes and Robert Jewett argue that there were eight original letters by the Apostle Paul to the church in Corinth. In the first part of the book, they use literary and redaction criticism to show the reasons for the partition theory of 1 and 2 Corinthians. Analyzing each of the eight letters and letter-fragments using rhetorical criticism, they show how the original Corinthian letters were edited and reshaped into 1 and 2 Corinthians in the New Testament. After reflections on the rhetoric of these letters and the historical meaning of the reshaping of the images of Paul, a final chapter traces the consequences of the reshaping of the Corinthian correspondence and the adoption of the bound book (codex) instead of the original papyrus scrolls. Several figures help the reader understand the redactional process, and a new translation of the eight reconstructed Corinthian letters is provided.

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Copyright year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-1-9787-0519-7
ISBN-Online: 978-1-9787-0520-3
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 374
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Figures No access
3. 1. Notes No access
1. 1. The Argument of This Book No access
  2. The Basic Problem of the Corinthian Letters No access
  3. The Rhetoric of Paul’s Letters No access
  4. Redaction Criticism No access
  5. The Pauline Corpus and the Reshaping of Paul No access
  6. Notes No access
2. 1. Evidence of Disunity in 2 Corinthians No access
  2. Recent Denials of Disunity in 2 Corinthians No access
  3. Pursuing the Path Laid Out by Günther Bornkamm No access
  4. Developing a Coherent Redactional Hypothesis No access
  5. Notes No access
3. 1. The Evidence of Rough Transitions in 1 Corinthians No access
  2. Logical and Historical Contradictions No access
  3. Theories of Literary Partition No access
  4. Summary of Our Partition Hypothesis No access
  5. The Provenance of Letters A, B, and C134 No access
  6. Notes No access
4. 1. The Method of Redacting 1 Corinthians No access
  2. The Bearing of the Original Corinthian Letters on the Trajectories of Ecclesiastical Conflict No access
  3. The General Redactional Hypothesis No access
  4. Phase One: The Reversal of 1 Cor 13 and 14 No access
  5. Phase Two in the Redaction of 1 Corinthians No access
  6. The Result of the Redaction No access
  7. Notes No access
1. 1. Introduction No access
  2. The First Proof No access
  3. The Second Proof No access
  4. Epistolary Conclusion No access
  5. The Provenance of Letter A40 No access
  6. The Genus of Letter A No access
  7. Notes No access
2. 1. The Rhetorical Situation and Provenance of Letter B No access
  2. The First Part of the Probatio (2 Cor 6:14–7:1 + 1 Cor 6:12-20 + 1 Cor 9:24–10:22) No access
  3. A Transitional Passage in the Probatio (1 Cor 15:1-2) No access
  4. The Second Part of the Probatio (1 Cor 15:3-49) No access
  5. FIRST ADAM VS. SECOND ADAM (1 COR 15:42-49) No access
  6. The Peroratio (1 Cor 15:50-57) No access
  7. The Epistolary Conclusion (1 Cor 15:58 + 16:13-24) No access
  8. The Genus of Letter B No access
  9. Notes No access
3. 1. The Exordium: 1:1-9 No access
  2. The Propositio, 1:10 No access
  3. The Probatio, 1:11–14:3 No access
  4. The Peroratio, 12:31b–13:13 No access
  5. The Rhetorical Genus of Letter C No access
  6. Notes No access
4. 1. The Provenance of Letter D No access
  2. The Rhetorical Situation No access
  3. Paul’s Rhetorical Response No access
  4. The Genus of Letter D No access
  5. Notes No access
5. 1. The Provenance of Letter E No access
  2. The Rhetorical Situation No access
  3. The Rhetoric of Letter E No access
  4. The Partitio No access
  5. The Probatio No access
  6. The Peroratio No access
  7. The Cohesiveness of Letter E No access
  8. The Genus of Letter E No access
  9. Notes No access
6. 1. An Overview of the Scholarly Debate No access
  2. The Provenance of Letter F No access
  3. The Rhetoric of Letter F No access
  4. The Problem of 9:1-18 No access
  5. Conclusion No access
  6. Notes No access
7. 1. The Provenance of Letter G No access
  2. Traditions of Greco-Roman Rhetoric No access
  3. The Exordium, 2 Cor. 1:1-11 No access
  4. The Partitio, 2 Cor. 1:12-14 No access
  5. The Narratio and the Probatio, 2 Cor. 1:15–2:13 + 7:5-13a No access
  6. The Peroratio, 2 Cor 7:13b-16 No access
  7. Conclusion No access
  8. Notes No access
8. 1. The Provenance of 2 Cor 9 No access
  2. The Rhetoric of Letter H No access
  3. Notes No access
1. 1. The Letter to Titus No access
  2. The First and Second Letters to Timothy No access
  3. The Letter to the Ephesians No access
  4. Conclusion No access
  5. Notes No access
1. 1. Notes No access
1. 1. Jewett-Hughes Partition Theory No access
2. Appendix II No access
3. Appendix III No access
4. 1. Corinthian Letter A No access
  2. Corinthian Letter B No access
  3. Corinthian Letter C No access
  4. Corinthian Letter D No access
  5. Corinthian Letter E No access
  6. Corinthian Letter F No access
  7. Corinthian Letter G No access
  8. Corinthian Letter H No access
Bibliography No access Pages 309 - 352
Subject Index No access Pages 353 - 354
Author Index No access Pages 355 - 360
Index of Biblical Citations No access Pages 361 - 372
About the Authors No access Pages 373 - 374