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Jerry L. Sumney
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January 2015
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published
January 2015
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Identifying Paul's Opponents
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To develop a method for identifying Paul's opponents it is first necessary to analyse procedures used by previous scholars. Too little attention has been paid in the past to issues of method, and many procedures have been used which violate the canons of historical research. In the first place, limits should be set upon the use of historical reconstructions and of external sources, and the determinative source for identifying the opponents of any letter must be that letter itself. Secondly, a satisfactory method will analyse passages within the primary text according to the nature of the section (e.g. polemical or didactic) and the types of statements they contain (e.g. explicit statements about opponents or allusions to them). Then each combination of context and statement type is evaluated to determine (1) how certain we can be about whether the passage refers to opponents and (2) how much distortion is likely to be present. The application of the proposed method to the two letters within 2 Corinthians indicates that Paul faced the same group of opponents in both letters.
These opponents were pneumatics who demanded a particular manner of life as evidence that a person possesses the measure of the spirit which makes one an apostle.
Author
Jerry L. Sumney
Book Format
Hardback
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published
January 2015
Weight
545g
Page Count
272
Dimensions
156 x 234 x 17 mm
ISBN
9781474230902
ISBN-10
1474230903
Eden Code
4310080
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Author/Creator: Jerry L. Sumney
ISBN: 9781474230902
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date: January 2015
Weight: 545g
Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 17 mm
Eden Code: 4310080