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  • From: Edgar & Becky Krentz <ekrentz AT sbcglobal.net>
  • To: Corpus-Paul <corpus-paul AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Corpus-Paul] Partition theories
  • Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:01:20 -0500

Dale and Ron,

thanks for the interesting information. The cases that you cite are not
close parallels to the NT partition theories, and I am still rather
concerned that the fusing of two letters into one was rare at best. It is
also troubling that there is no manuscript evidence for the partitioning of
2 Cor (or Phil). Of course we can indulge in all sorts of speculations to
try to defend the partition theories. Perhaps the original copies of the
letters became fragmented. Perhaps the scrolls were lost for a time so that
no copies were made before their discovery. Perhaps someone then created our
2 Cor from the fragments. Perhaps he destroyed the originals. Perhaps the
creator had his own idiosyncratic style. But it seems to me that assumptions
like these are often rather lightly accepted, and I am wondering whether we
should not rather abandon the whole project.

Richard.

I find the argument that there is no manuscript evidence ambiguous. The earliest manuscript of Paul, Papyrus 46. is written about 150+ years after the Pauline letters. That is as long a time back then as it is now, as far from Paul as we are from the Civil War. While it has some force, it may not be as compelling as you think.

Ed Krentz
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