Description
Book SynopsisIn The Corinthian Correspondence, Frank W. Hughes and Robert Jewett argue that there were eight original letters by the Apostle Paul to the church in Corinth. In the first part of the book, they use literary and redaction criticism to show the reasons for the partition theory of 1 and 2 Corinthians. Analyzing each of the eight letters using rhetorical criticism, they show how the original Corinthian letters were edited and reshaped into 1 and 2 Corinthians in the New Testament. After reflections on the rhetoric of these letters and the historical meaning of the reshaping of the images of Paul, a final chapter traces the consequences of the reshaping of the Corinthian correspondence and the adoption of the bound book (codex) instead of the original papyrus scrolls. Several figures help the reader understand the redactional process, and a new translation of the eight reconstructed Corinthian letters is provided.
Table of ContentsPart One: The Redaction of the Corinthian Letters
1.Introduction
2.The Partition and Redaction of 2 Corinthians
3.The Need to Partition 1 Corinthians
4.The Redaction of 1 Corinthians
Part Two: The Provenance and Rhetoric of the Original Letters
5.Letter A: Troubles in Worship (1 Corinthians 11:2-34a + 16:1-4 + 11:34b)
6.Letter B: The Body Matters (2 Cor 6:14‒7:1 + 1 Cor 6:12-20 + 1 Cor 9:24‒10:22 + 1 Cor 15:1-58 + 1 Cor 16:13-24)7.Letter C: Arguing for Unity (1 Cor 1:1‒6:11 + 7:1‒8:13 + 9:19-23 + 10:23‒11:1 + 12:1-31a + 14:1c-33a + 12:31b‒13:13 + 16:5-12)
8.Letter D: Reorganizing the Offering (2 Cor. 8:1-24)
9.Letter E: Apology for Paul’s Apostleship (2 Cor 2:14‒6:13 + 2 Cor 7:2-4)
10.Letter F: Anguish of Heart and Many Tears (2 Cor 10:1‒12:13 + 1 Cor 9:1-18 + 2 Cor 12:14‒13:13)
11.Letter G: Consolation for the Afflicted (2 Cor 1:1-2:13 + 2 Cor 7:5-16 + 2 Cor 13:11-13)
12.Letter H: An Appeal to the Achaians (2 Corinthians 9:1-15)
Part Three: Reflections on the Redaction of the Original Letters
13.Redirecting Paul’s Ministry
Part Four: Historical Implications
14.The Publication of 1 and 2 Corinthians: From Scroll to Codex
Appendices
Appendix I. Summary of the Jewett-Hughes Partition Theory in Relation to the Canonical
1 and 2 Corinthians
Appendix II. Schematic Representations of the Redactional Process
Appendix III. Previous Partition and Redaction Theories
Appendix IV. Translation of the Eight Original Corinthian Letters
