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  • From: Jill and Dale Walker <jilldale AT rcn.com>
  • To: Corpus-Paul <corpus-paul AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Cc: scarlson AT mindspring.com
  • Subject: Re: [Corpus-Paul] Partition theories
  • Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 23:54:46 -0500

Stephen,

I'm picking up on "earlier edition of the letter ... in the MS
tradition," noting the singular "letter." My understanding of
the MS tradition for Paul is that the Pauline letters circulated
in letter collections, not separately. Once the letter collection
has been published, it is doubtful that the separate letters would
continue to be copied separately from much longer.


On my assumption of pseudonymity within the pauline corpus, then
the letter collection expanded, so speaking of a single publication
and a single editor is not acceptable. (Another assumption is that
genuine paulines were collected first, and pseudonymous letters were
added to the collection later.) Multiple publications requires multiple
editors, which makes me suspicious of confidence in the MS
tradition.


Trobisch,
based on analogous letter writers like Cicero, argues that often
the first edition of a letter collection is made during the author's
lifetime, and then augmented after the writer's death.


This analogy with Cicero confuses me. Cicero near the end of his
lifetime suggested a collection of his letters, and with his secretary
may have made a modest beginning to one, but credit is usually
given to his secretary for compiling the massive corpus that has
come down to us, and it was done after Cicero was dead, maybe
during the reign of Augustus, maybe a few decades later.


Accordingly,
Trobisch suggests that the first edition of Paul's letters with Rom.,
1 Cor., 2 Cor., and Gal., was made by Paul himself, right before his
final trip to Jerusalem. If so, then whatever the pre-edition history
of 2 Cor. (and Trobisch thinks it was made of several letters), its
current form owes its origin to Paul.

Cheers,
Dale Walker
Chicago





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