Re-examining Paul's letters : the history of the Pauline correspondence / Bo Reicke ; edited by David P. Moessner and Ingalisa Reicke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reicke, Bo, 1914-1987.

Contributor:

Moessner, David P., 1949-

Reicke, Ingalisa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bible. Epistles of Paul--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible. Epistles of Paul.

Physical Description:

xii, 164 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Harrisburg, PA : Trinity Press International, [2001]

Summary:

The relationship between Paul's "authentic" letters and those attributed to his pen remains a lively topic in contemporary Pauline scholarship. Before his untimely death in 1987, renowned New Testament scholar Bo Reicke was working on a manuscript in which he had solved this riddle. By fitting the Pastorals and the "deutero-Paulines" seamlessly into Paul's work as known from Acts and the acknowledged Pauline letters, Reicke concludes that the generally accepted theory that the deutero-Paulines were written after Paul's death presents too many inconsistencies when viewed historically.

In Re-examining Paul's Letters, Reicke argues that the emphases of the deutero-Paulines did not represent known theological concerns of the period 70-100 C.E. He also demonstrates that current theories in New Testament scholarship do not explain the wealth of details found in either the "undisputed" or deutero-Pauline letters. Details, such as the names of colleagues and Christian acquaintances, and a host of greetings, would simply be nonsense to people of a later generation, but would make perfectly good sense if written by Paul or one if his associates. Reicke develops the notion of a Pauline school that takes full account of the diversity, versatility, and adaptability of Paul's colleagues and the variety of styles and sub-genres they produced.

Contents:

I Roman Rule and the Settings of the Pauline Correspondence

Judeo-Christianity and the Jewish Establishment, A.D. 33-66 [1984] 9

The Historical Background of the Apostolic Council and the Episode in Antioch (Gal. 2:1-14) [1953] 16

II History of the Pauline Correspondence

2. Questions of Method and Procedure 30

The Chronology of the Thirteen Canonical Letters 39

Early Palestinian Jewish-Jewish Christian Tension

1. 2 Thessalonians 39

2. 1 Thessalonians 43

Rising Zealotism

3. Galatians 45

4. 1 Corinthians 48

5. 1 Timothy 51

Excursus 52

5. 1 Timothy (continued) 56

6. 2 Corinthians 59

7. Romans 62

8. Titus 68

Paul's Captivity

9. Philemon 73

10. Colossians 75

11. Ephesians 78

12. 2 Timothy 85

13. Philippians: Paul's Relations with Philippi and His Exhortations to Peace 91

III Disputed Settings of the Pauline Correspondence

The Chronology of the Pastoral Epistles [1976] 105

The Historical Setting of Colossians [1973] 121

Caesarea, Rome, and the Captivity Epistles [1970] 131

Appendix 1. Synopsis of the Pauline Chronology 141

Appendix 2. A Biographical Sketch of Bo Reicke 142

Appendix 3. Biographical and Bibliographical Notes 144.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-153) and indexes.

ISBN:

1563383500

OCLC:

45958220