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Canonizing Paul

Ancient Editorial Practice and the Corpus Paulinum

by Eric W. Scherbenske

  • Hardback
  • 400 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 15.8 x 23.9 x 3.6 cm

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Canonizing Paul explores how ancient editorial practices utilized in the publication of corpora (e.g. preparation of texts, selection and arrangement of tracts, and composition and deployment of paratexts) were not only employed to shape editions of Paul's letters (i.e. the Marcionite, Euthalian, and Vulgate), but also their interpretation. By considering the deployment of ancillary materials alongside other editorial practices and exploring the interpretive interplay (and sometimes uneasy negotiation) of text and paratexts, this study fills an often overlooked gap in the field of New Testament textual criticism. Investigation into the Marcionite edition shows how its paratexts introduced Marcion's hermeneutic and, in some measure, justified his editorial principles. The Euthalian edition preferred instead a catechetical and pedagogical goal extending from the deployment of paratexts to the organization of the tracts and a textual arrangement for ease of comprehension.The exploration of text and sometimes disparate paratexts culminates in an investigation of Codex Fuldensis, which transmits the Vulgate textual revision of Paul's letters and its Primum Quaeritur prologue alongside numerous other paratexts such as the Marcionite prologues, Old Latin capitula, capitula drawn from the Euthalian edition, and sundry other paratexts. The incorporation of such diverse paratexts, loosed from their original editions and juxtaposed with later editorial products founded on alternative hermeneutical presuppositions, resulted in interpretive tensions that testify to the physical manuscript as a locus of authority, over which many early Christians were trying to gain interpretive control, if not by altering the text, then by furnishing paratexts. By demonstrating how these practices and interpretive concerns left their mark on these editions of the Corpus Paulinum, this study reveals that editorial practices and hermeneutics were deeply, sometimes inextricably, intertwined.
Canonizing Paul and The Essential History of Christianity
The Essential History of ChristianityCanonizing Paul

  • Author

    Eric W. Scherbenske

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    March 2013

  • Weight

    636g

  • Page Count

    400

  • Dimensions

    15.8 x 23.9 x 3.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9780199917341

  • ISBN-10

    0199917345

  • Eden Code

    4039654

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