Evolution of the Pauline Canon

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Price, Robert M.

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Faculty of Theology, University of Pretoria

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The article aims at reviewing theories of how the Pauline Corpus first came to be. A taxonomy consisting of four families of theories is established: Paul himself collected his writings; after his death Paul lived forth in the form of a collection of his writings; an intercourse between one Pauline center and another gradually led to the exchange of copies of letters; the collection of Paul's letters gave him pothumously a centrality which he lacked in his own time until about 90 C E. The article concludes with the disputed question whether all of Paul's writings in the New Testament descend or diverge from a particular, definitive edition of the Pauline Corpus.

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Sustainable Development Goals

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Price, RM 1997, 'The evolution of the Pauline Canon', HTS Teologiese Studies/ Theological Studies, vol. 53, no. 1&2, pp. 36-67.