The Pauline Corpus in Early Christianity: Its Formation, Publication, and Circulation
The Pauline Corpus in Early Christianity: Its Formation, Publication, and Circulation The Pauline Corpus in Early Christianity: Its Formation, Publication, and Circulation offers a comprehensive and…
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The Pauline Corpus in Early Christianity: Its Formation, Publication, and Circulation
The Pauline Corpus in Early Christianity: Its Formation, Publication, and Circulation offers a comprehensive and wide-ranging examination of the canonical development of the collection of writings associated with the Apostle Paul. As a conclusion to these inquiries, Laird argues that at least three major archetypal editions of the Pauline corpus--those containing 10, 13, and 14 letters--appear to have been collected and edited as early as the first century. The volume considers a number of clues from the New Testament writings, ancient literary conventions related to the composition and collection of letters, and a variety of early witnesses to the early state of the corpus such as biblical manuscripts, canonical lists, and the testimony of writers.
These major archetypal editions, Laird concludes, circulated simultaneously for many years until editions containing 14 letters