Deconstructed Letters of Paulos
Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2017 1:14 pm
On the thread viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3459&start=170 I responded to the poster Kapyong with this quote.
"In my opinion Paul really is the key. But who is Paul in the letters as opposed to others inserting themselves into his texts?
First we need to distill the letters down to those authentic to Paul, then we need to dissect those letters into their component parts, and finally we need to weed out the later interpolations.
Only then can we have a worthwhile conversation about the man himself."
So far I have compiled a list of the letters of Paul that most scholars agree came from the same person with the omission of Philemon, as I consider this letter to be a later creation as part of the letters of Colossians and Ephesians. Also it is small enough to make it unlikely that it is a compilation.
I have further relied on modern scholarship to dissect some of these letters into what some consider to be smaller letters that were later combined to make the longer letters that are in the NT today.
My dissection list is currently as follows...
1: 1 Corinthians.
2: 2 Corinthians 1:1-2:13 and 7:5-16.
3: 2 Corinthians 2:14-6:13 and 7:2-4. With 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 as a possible later interpolation.
4: 2 Corinthians 8:1-24.
5: 2 Corinthians 9:1-15.
6: 2 Corinthians 10-13.
7: Galatians.
8: Philippians 1:1-3:1.
9: Philippians 3:2-4:9
10: Philippians 4:10-20 and also 4:21-23
11: Romans 1 and 2:6-16 and 3:21-26 and 5:1-11 and 8 and 12 and 13 and 15:14-33
12: Romans 2:1-5 and 2:17-29 and 3:1-20 and 3:27-31 and 4 and 5:12-20 and 6 and 7 and 9 and 10 and 11 and 14 and 15:1-13
13: Romans 16
14: 1 Thessalonians 2:13-4:2.
15: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-2:12 and 4:3-5:28.
I am now looking into the possibility that 1 Corinthians and Galatians might also be composed of smaller letters. Does anyone here have any links to arguments on these two letters being compilations?
Of course none of my list is set in stone and I welcome all comments.
Thank you all in advance.
Jax
"In my opinion Paul really is the key. But who is Paul in the letters as opposed to others inserting themselves into his texts?
First we need to distill the letters down to those authentic to Paul, then we need to dissect those letters into their component parts, and finally we need to weed out the later interpolations.
Only then can we have a worthwhile conversation about the man himself."
So far I have compiled a list of the letters of Paul that most scholars agree came from the same person with the omission of Philemon, as I consider this letter to be a later creation as part of the letters of Colossians and Ephesians. Also it is small enough to make it unlikely that it is a compilation.
I have further relied on modern scholarship to dissect some of these letters into what some consider to be smaller letters that were later combined to make the longer letters that are in the NT today.
My dissection list is currently as follows...
1: 1 Corinthians.
2: 2 Corinthians 1:1-2:13 and 7:5-16.
3: 2 Corinthians 2:14-6:13 and 7:2-4. With 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1 as a possible later interpolation.
4: 2 Corinthians 8:1-24.
5: 2 Corinthians 9:1-15.
6: 2 Corinthians 10-13.
7: Galatians.
8: Philippians 1:1-3:1.
9: Philippians 3:2-4:9
10: Philippians 4:10-20 and also 4:21-23
11: Romans 1 and 2:6-16 and 3:21-26 and 5:1-11 and 8 and 12 and 13 and 15:14-33
12: Romans 2:1-5 and 2:17-29 and 3:1-20 and 3:27-31 and 4 and 5:12-20 and 6 and 7 and 9 and 10 and 11 and 14 and 15:1-13
13: Romans 16
14: 1 Thessalonians 2:13-4:2.
15: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-2:12 and 4:3-5:28.
I am now looking into the possibility that 1 Corinthians and Galatians might also be composed of smaller letters. Does anyone here have any links to arguments on these two letters being compilations?
Of course none of my list is set in stone and I welcome all comments.
Thank you all in advance.
Jax