Corpus-Paul

[Jimi Fosdick <JFosdick AT callisto.com>]

> I think Jimi ("Purple Haze, all in my brain"  "Been working on your
> dissertation again, eh?") is referring to the various composite (?)
> hypotheses.  Among the most discussed are: that Rom 16 was 
> originally part of another letter; that Philippians and 2 Corinthians are
in 
> reality several letters edited together.  Of these: probably the most
widely 
> adhered to is the suggestion that 2 Cor is a composite of several pauline
letters.

I think that is exactly what motivated my question in the first place.
Pursuant to a disucssion on XTalk somebody mentioned the "composite letter"
idea which I had never heard before. Any suggestions on where one would find
a defense of such ideas?

> None of these hypotheses has achieved "majority opinion" status.

Well I think in general there is a dearth of "majority opinion" anywhere in
NT studies.

Jimi Fosdick
Wheaton, IL

"Philosophy is a field of study designed to keep dangerously incompetant
people in the University, and away from  sharp objects and moving
machinery."