The Pauline Corpus in Early Christianity
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The Pauline Corpus in Early Christianity

Its Formation, Publication, and Circulation

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The Pauline Corpus in Early Christianity

Its Formation, Publication, and Circulation

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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. 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. 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. These major archetypal editions, Laird concludes, circulated simultaneously for many years until editions containing 14 letters became nearly universally recognized by the fourth century. The volume serves as a valuable resource of information for those engaged in the study of the early state of the New Testament canon and offers a fresh perspective on the process that led to the formation of the Pauline corpus.

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Table of contents

  1. Copyright
  2. Dedication
  3. Foreword
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Abbreviations
  6. Introduction
  7. 1. First-Century Literary Conventions and the Composition of the Pauline Corpus
  8. 2. Textual Witnesses to the Early State of the Pauline Corpus
  9. 3. Witness to the Early State of the Pauline Corpus in Ancient Writers
  10. 4. The Canonical Reception of the Pastoral Epistles and Hebrews
  11. 5. An Assessment of Scholarly Theories Pertaining to the Formation of the Pauline Corpus
  12. 6. The Formation of the Pauline Letter Corpus on the Basis of the Extant Evidence
  13. Appendix One: Significant Early Greek Manuscripts Containing the Pauline Letters
  14. Appendix Two: Arrangements of the Pauline Letters in Early Christianity
  15. Appendix Three: The Pauline Epistles in the Ancient Translations
  16. Bibliography
  17. Endorsements