Letter Hermeneutics in 2 Corinthians - Studies in 'Literarkritik' and Communication Theory

Having presented a brief history of research on 2 Corinthians, Eve-Marie Becker outlines the process of Paul''s communication with the Corinthian community and considers letter-production and letter-reception at the time. She develops a "literary-historical" model for reconstructing the original separate letters (1.1-7.4; 7.5-16; 8--9; 10--13) which were later compiled to form the canonical letter. She defines - by means of linguistics and communication theory - the central theoretical elements for Pauline letter-hermeneutics.There is a thorough exegesis of those parts of 2 Corinthians in which Paul formulates aspects of his hermeneutics, based on the theory of letter-hermeneutics and on the results of the "literary-historical" reconstruction of the original form of 2 Corinthians. There is also an examination of the reception and interpretation of 2 Corinthians in the early church.This is volume 279 in the Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement series.>

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• Authors: Eve-Marie Becker, BECKER EVE MARIE
• Assisted by: Helen S. Heron (Translation)
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2004
• EAN: 9780567083272
• ISBN: 978-0-567-08327-2
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Journal for the Study of the N; Journal for the Study of the N; The Library of New Testament Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Biblical Meditations / General, Bible readings, selections & meditations, Bible readings, selections and meditations