The Earlier Letters Of Paul

by Hurd, John C.

• ISBN13: 9783631339411
• ISBN10: 3631339410
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-10-01
• Publisher: Peter Lang Pub Inc

Table of Contents

PREFACE	5	(4)
I. PAULINE CHRONOLOGY AND PAULINE THEOLOGY	9	(22)
1. The "Truth in Principle"	9	(8)
2. The "Meaning in Practice"	17	(14)
II. THE SEQUENCE OF PAUL'S LETTERS	31	(16)
1. Methodology	31	(5)
2. Scholarly Proposals about Sequence	36	(6)
3. Synthesis of Previous Work	42	(2)
4. Conclusions	44	(3)
III. CONCERNING THE STRUCTURE OF 1 THESSALONIANS	47	(38)
1. Types of Approach	47	(2)
2. Previous Scholarly Work	49	(17)
3. Three Suggestions	66	(19)
IV. ISAIAH'S CURSE ACCORDING TO MARK	85	(12)
V. THOUGHTS PRELIMINARY TO WRITING A COMMENTARY ON 1 & 2 THESSALONIANS	97	(12)
1. A Commentary	97	(3)
2. A New Testament Commentary	100	(2)
3. A Pauline Commentary	102	(3)
4. A Thessalonian Commentary	105	(2)
5. The Origin of the Thessalonian Letters	107	(2)
VI. CERTAIN UNCERTAIN CERTAINTIES IN NEW TESTAMENT STUDIES	109	(8)
1. The Problem	109	(1)
2. The Cause	110	(1)
3. The Solution	111	(3)
4. Thessalonian Studies	114	(3)
VII. PAUL AHEAD OF HIS TIME: 1 THESS. 2:13-16	117	(18)
1. Introduction	117	(1)
2. The Problem	117	(3)
3. Previous Solutions to the Problem	120	(3)
4. A New Proposal	123	(9)
5. Conclusion	132	(3)
VIII. CONCERNING THE AUTHENTICITY OF 2 THESSALONIANS	135	(28)
1. Considerations of Method	135	(8)
2. Historical Presuppositions	143	(6)
3. Formal Characteristics of 2 Thessalonians	149	(7)
4. The Historical Situation Presupposed by 2 Thessalonians	156	(4)
5. Concluding Summary	160	(3)
IX. "THE JESUS WHOM PAUL PREACHES" (ACTS 19:13)	163	(20)
1. Acts and the Study of Paul's Letters	163	(3)
2. Paul's Writings as Letters	166	(2)
3. The Sequence of the Letters	168	(1)
4. The Thessalonian Letters and 1 Corinthians	169	(3)
5. What Does "Early" Mean?	172	(2)
6. Topics in Paul's Original Preaching	174	(6)
7. Discontinuities and Differences	180	(1)
8. Conclusion	181	(2)
X. GOOD NEWS AND THE INTEGRITY OF 1 CORINTHIANS	183	(24)
1. Introduction	183	(2)
2. The Case for Non-integrity	185	(3)
3. Partition Theories	188	(4)
4. The Theory of the Redactor	192	(4)
5. Theoretical Considerations	196	(3)
6. The Unity of 1 Corinthians	199	(7)
7. Conclusion	206	(1)
Index of Biblical References	207	(4)
Index of Authors	211