A Prolegomenon to the Study of Paul

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-90-04-42851-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 15, 226 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

Reihe: Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion

A Prolegomenon to the Study of Paul examines foundational assumptions that ground all interpretations of the apostle Paul. This examination touches on several topics, invoking issues pertaining to truth, hermeneutics, canonicity, historiography, pseudonymity, literary genres, and authority. Underlying all of this is a guiding thesis, namely, that every encounter with Paul involves “Pauline Archimedean points,” or fixed points of reference that establish the measure for constructing any interpretation of Paul whatsoever. Building on this, the author interrogates various issues that inform the formation of these Pauline Archimedean points, in pursuit of an important but modest goal: to urge Pauline readers to engage in a modicum of self-reflection over the various considerations that precondition all of our efforts to comprehend Paul.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hart, Patrick

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Bibelwissenschaften Neues Testament: Exegese, Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction

1 The Familiar Paul?

2 Mapping the Study

1 ``In a Mirror Dimly''

1 ``Our Knowledge Is Imperfect.'': The Historical Paul, the
Real Paul, and Paulusbilder

2 ``. For Now We See in a Mirror Dimly'': (Self)
Reflections on the Study of Paul

2 Canons and Collections: Considerations on the Formation of a Normative Pauline Archive

1 The Paul of Canon

2 The Concept of Canon

3 The Formation of a Pauline Canon

4 References to Paul by Early Church Fathers

5 Marcion's Relevance to the Pauline Canon

6 Acts

3 The Pauline Archive and the Problem of Pseudonymity

1 Views on Pseudonymity in Antiquity

2 Pseudonymity and New Testament Scholarship

3 Pseudonymity and the Canonical Pauline Archive

4 Interpolations

4 Genre, Intentionality & the Pauline Correspondence

1 The Epistolary Genre

2 ``Real'' Letters or Epistles?: Adolf Deissmann's Distinction

3 Deissmann's Legacy

4 Intentionality and Epistemological Expectations

5 Locating Pauline Authority

1 Canonical Authority

2 Literary Authority

3 Chronological or Historical Authority

4 Apostolic or Charismatic Authority

5 Revelatory Authority

6 Theorizing Pauline Authority

7 The Final Authority

Conclusion: Pauline Anarchivists

Afterword

Glossary of Terms

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Patrick Hart, Ph.D. (2018), University of Alberta, Canada, is an instructor in the Religious Studies department at the University of Alberta. He has published various peer-reviewed articles on topics relating to early Christianity, method and theory in the study of religion, and religion and law.