2004 Annual Meeting
 

San Antonio, Texas

Begins: Saturday, November 20, 2004
Ends: Tuesday, November 23, 2004

S23-13

Pauline Epistles
11/23/2004
9:00 AM to 11:30 AM
Room: Room #205 - San Antonio Convention Center

Douglas Campbell, Duke University Divinity School, Presiding

Simon Gathercole, University of Aberdeen
Jewish and Gentile Sin in Paul (with Special Reference to Romans) (25 min)
Discussion (10 min)

Sandra Hack Polaski, Baptist Theological Seminary, Richmond
New Creation: A New Beginning in Pauline Theology (25 min)
Discussion (10 min)

Break (5 min)

Jeremy Foreman Hultin, Yale University
Watch Your Mouth: Colossians and Ephesians on Obscene Speech (25 min)
Discussion (10 min)

David Trobisch, Bangor Theological Seminary
Let the Context Interpret: A Narrative Critical Approach to the Letters of Paul (25 min)
Discussion (15 min)

Abstract:

Let the Context Interpret: A Narrative Critical Approach to the Letters of Paul

My extensive study of extant letter collections published in antiquity suggests that letter collections were perceived as a narrative genre: a story is told through letters. Readers of one letter are expected to fill in missing information concerning dates, persons, places, and events from the information given in other letters of the collection. The paper will demonstrate how the story of Paul changes considerably from historical-critical reconstructions when a literary approach is applied consistently.

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