Rhetorical Criticism and the Unity of 2 Corinthians: One ‘Epilogue’, or More?
The endings of Pauline letters have been studied as providing clues to the letters' contents. The text of 2 Corinthians is no exception. But what constitutes the ending of that text, and is there more than one letter-ending in it? Rhetorical criticism provides some criteria for attempts to answ...
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Veröffentlicht in: | New Testament studies 2008-10, Vol.54 (4), p.496-524 |
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Zusammenfassung: | The endings of Pauline letters have been studied as providing clues to the letters' contents. The text of 2 Corinthians is no exception. But what constitutes the ending of that text, and is there more than one letter-ending in it? Rhetorical criticism provides some criteria for attempts to answer those questions, and has sometimes been claimed as providing evidence for the unity of 2 Corinthians. This article reviews that evidence and questions its reliability. The possibility that there may be more than one letter-ending points to a different solution and exposes important features of the text's composition. |
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ISSN: | 0028-6885 1469-8145 |
DOI: | 10.1017/S002868850800026X |