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In this book, Frank W. Hughes and Robert Jewett argue that the Apostle Paul wrote eight letters to the church in Corinth, and that those letters were edited and reshaped into 1 and 2 Corinthians. This analysis, using redaction and rhetorical criticism, provides many insights into Paul's difficult relationship with the Corinthians.
List of contents
Part One: The Redaction of the Corinthian Letters
1. Introduction
2. The Partition and Redaction of 2 Corinthians
3. The Need to Partition 1 Corinthians
4. The Redaction of 1 Corinthians
Part Two: The Provenance and Rhetoric of the Original Letters
5. Letter A: Troubles in Worship (1 Corinthians 11:2-34a + 16:1-4 + 11:34b)
6. Letter B: The Body Matters (2 Cor 6:14?7:1 + 1 Cor 6:12-20 + 1 Cor 9:24?10:22 + 1 Cor 15:1-58 + 1 Cor 16:13-24)
7. Letter C: Arguing for Unity (1 Cor 1:1?6:11 + 7:1?8:13 + 9:19-23 + 10:23?11:1 + 12:1-31a + 14:1c-33a + 12:31b?13:13 + 16:5-12)
8. Letter D: Reorganizing the Offering (2 Cor. 8:1-24)
9. Letter E: Apology for Paul's Apostleship (2 Cor 2:14?6:13 + 2 Cor 7:2-4)
10. Letter F: Anguish of Heart and Many Tears (2 Cor 10:1?12:13 + 1 Cor 9:1-18 + 2 Cor 12:14?13:13)
11. Letter G: Consolation for the Afflicted (2 Cor 1:1-2:13 + 2 Cor 7:5-16 + 2 Cor 13:11-13)
12. Letter H: An Appeal to the Achaians (2 Corinthians 9:1-15)
Part Three: Reflections on the Redaction of the O
About the author
Frank W. Hughes is an Episcopal priest who served churches in central Pennsylvania and western Louisiana. He was a senior lecturer in New Testament Studies at Codrington College in Barbados, in affiliation with the University of the West Indies.Robert Jewett (1933-2020) was theologian-in-residence at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Lincoln, Nebraska, and formerly guest professor of New Testament at the University of Heidelberg and Harry R. Kendall professor of New Testament interpretation emeritus at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary.
Summary
In this book, Frank W. Hughes and Robert Jewett argue that the Apostle Paul wrote eight letters to the church in Corinth, and that those letters were edited and reshaped into 1 and 2 Corinthians. This analysis, using redaction and rhetorical criticism, provides many insights into Paul's difficult relationship with the Corinthians.
