Receptions of Paul in Early Christianity: The Person of Paul and His Writings Through the Eyes of His Early Interpreters

920 Pages·2018·6.776 MB·English

by  Jens Schröter, Simon Butticaz, Andreas Dettwiler

Receptions of Paul in Early Christianity
Beihefte zur Zeitschrift
für die neutestamentliche
Wissenschaft
Edited by
Matthias Konradt, Hermann Lichtenberger,
Judith Lieu, Laura Nasrallah,
Jens Schröter and Gregory E. Sterling
Volume 234
Receptions of
Paul in Early
Christianity
The Person of Paul and His Writings Through the Eyes
of His Early Interpreters
Edited by
Jens Schröter, Simon Butticaz and Andreas Dettwiler
In collaboration with Clarissa Paul
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Names: Schroeter, Jens, 1961- editor.
Title: Receptions of Paul in early Christianity : the person of Paul and his
writings through the eyes of his early interpreters / edited by Jens
Schroeter, Simon Butticaz, Andreas Dettwiler.
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Subjects: LCSH: Bible--Criticism, interpretation, etc.--History. | Paul, the
Apostle, Saint. | Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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Table of Contents
Preface IX
I Prolegomena
Jens Schröter, Simon Butticaz and Andreas Dettwiler
Introduction 3
Andreas Lindemann
Paulus im ältesten Christentum
Überlegungen zur gegenwärtigen Diskussion über die frühe
Paulusrezeption 23
II The Reception of the Pauline “Gospel” in Early Christianity
Reimund Bieringer
Proclaimed Message or Proclamation of the Message?
A Critical Analysis of the Meaning of εὐαγγέλιον in the Letters of Paul and
in the Gospel of Mark 61
Daniel Gerber
Lorsque Paul parle d’Evangile dans la première lettre aux Corinthiens
Quels échos chez ses héritiers directs ? 89
III (Auto‐)biographical Receptions of Paul
Jörg Frey
Das Selbstverständnis des Paulus als Apostel 115
Lukas Bormann
Biographie und Rhetorik
Das Paulusbild der Deuteropaulinen 143
Tobias Nicklas
Die Akten des Paulus und der Thekla als biographische
Paulusrezeption 175
VI TableofContents
Francis Watson
The Conversion of Paul: A New Perspective
(Epistula Apostolorum 31–33) 195
IV Paul and his Work: Sociological and Economic Effects
John S. Kloppenborg
Pauline Assemblies and Graeco-Roman Associations 215
Markus Öhler
Zwischen Elend und Elite
Paulinische Gemeinden in ökonomischer Perspektive 249
V Theological Receptions of Paul
Andreas Dettwiler
Der Kolosserbrief als ethischer Text – zugleich ein Beitrag zur Frühgeschichte
der Paulusrezeption 289
Christine Gerber
Paulus als Ökumeniker
Die Interpretation der paulinischen Theologie durch den
Epheserbrief 317
Christine Jacobi
„Dies ist die geistige Auferstehung“
Paulusrezeption im Rheginusbrief und im Philippusevangelium 355
James A. Kelhoffer
The Ecclesiology of 2 Clement 14
Ephesians, Pauline Reception, and the Church’s Preexistence 377
VI Literary (Epistolary and Narrative) Receptions of Paul
Simon Butticaz
Paul et la mémoire lucanienne des origines 411
TableofContents VII
Hanna Roose
Der 2. Thessalonicherbrief im Verhältnis zum 1. Thessalonicherbrief
Ein Gedankenexperiment 443
Christian Grappe
Hébreuxet la tradition paulinienne 461
VII Pauline Reception as Pauline Tradition
Jens Herzer
Paulustradition und Paulusrezeption in den Pastoralbriefen 487
Enrico Norelli
La tradition paulinienne dans les lettres d’Ignace 519
VIII Paul as an Authoritative Figure in Early Christianity
Joseph Verheyden
Paul, Clement and the Corinthians 555
Thomas J. Kraus
Apocalipsis Pauli/Visio Pauli – Warum eigentlich Paulus?
Die Schau des Jenseits als Genre 579
Outi Lehtipuu
Apostolic Authority and Women in Second-Century Christianity 607
Jean-Daniel Dubois
Pauline Reception in Valentinian and Basilidian Gnosis 623
IX Anti-Paulinism and Conflicts about Paul in Early
Christianity
Samuel Vollenweider
Kreuzfeuer
Paulus und seine Konflikte mit Rivalen, Feinden und Gegnern 647
VIII TableofContents
Matthias Konradt
Antipauliner oder Zeugen eines nichtpaulinischen Christentums?
Kritische Überlegungen zum Verhältnis des Jakobusbriefes und des
Matthäusevangeliums zur paulinischen Tradition 675
Frédéric Amsler
La construction de l’homme ennemi ou l’anti-paulinisme dans le corpus
pseudo-clémentin 729
X Constructing the “Canonical” Paul
Thomas Schmeller
Ungetrennt und unvermischt?
Die Frage nach Kompilationen und Interpolationen in den echten
Paulusbriefen 751
Judith M. Lieu
Marcion and the Canonical Paul 779
Jens Schröter
Sammlungen der Paulusbriefe und die Entstehung des neutestamentlichen
Kanons 799
XI Pauline Reception: Archeological and Epigraphic Evidence
Cilliers Breytenbach
Epigraphic Evidence for the Impact of Paul in Central Asia Minor 825
List of Contributors 839
Index of Ancient Sources 841
Index of Modern Authors 896
Preface
Theideaforthisvolumeandthetwoconferencesonwhichitisbasedgoesback
toseveralconversationsbetweentheeditorsabouttheimportanceoftheconcept
of “reception” for the interpretation of historical phenomena. More recently, it
has been noted from different perspectives that to understand the present we
must rely on “history” as the interpreted past, containing events that shape
the self-understandingof a nation, a religious community and so forth.
Againstthismoregeneralbackdrop,theconceptof “reception”hasreceived
attention of late in Christian theology, especially in biblical scholarship. It has
beenremarkedthattheemergenceofChristianperspectivesonhistoryisdeeply
tiedtofoundingeventsinthehistoryofIsrael,theinterpretationofJesus’activity
and fate by his early followers and in early Christian gospels as well as to the
perception of the person and theologyof Paul.
Discussions on this topic among the editors of this volume resulted in the
plantoconveneabipartiteconferenceonreceptionsofPaulinearlyChristianity.
ItwasandstillisourconvictionthatthevariousperspectivesonPaulinthefor-
mative period of Christianitycontribute substantially toour own perceptions of
the person of Paul and his letters. In various historical situations interpreters
highlight different aspects of Paul’s theology and emphasize distinct features
of his biography or his thinking. A look at the earliest interpretations of Paul
in Christianity, beginning with Paul’s self-perception and the interpretation of
his person and work inwritings that became partof the New Testament,there-
foreprovidesinsightintothesocialconstellationsthatcharacterizethisearlype-
riod in Christian history.
Thecontributorstothisvolumeimmediatelyandunanimouslyagreedtopar-
ticipate in the conferences, to present and discuss their views on different
themes related to the overall topic and to prepare their contributions for publi-
cation.The editors wish to thank all colleagues for their enthusiasm in partici-
patinginthisprojectandfortheirreliabilityinsubmittingtheirarticlesforpub-
lication.
Special thanks to Clarissa Paul (Berlin), Luc Bulundwe (Geneva), Hélène
Grosjean (Lausanne), Pauline Sommer (Lausanne) and Priscille Marschall (Lau-
sanne) for their effort in making this publication possible.We are grateful to
JamesKelhoffer(Uppsala)whogenerouslyofferedtorevisetheEnglishabstracts
ofnon-nativespeakers.WewanttothanktheThyssenFoundationforthegener-
ous support of the conference in Berlin and the Conférence des Universités de
Suisse occidentale (CUSO) together with the Swiss National Science Foundation
(SNFS) for the support of the conference in Geneva and Lausanne.The Institut
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romanddessciencesbibliquesoftheUniversityofLausannealsoprovidedfunds
forthetranslationandstylisticproofreadingoftheintroduction.Wearegrateful
forthesupportinthepreparationandrealizationofthetwoconferencesbyour
graduate assistants, student assistants and secretaries. Last, but not least we
want to thank the publishing house Walter de Gruyter, especially Stefan Selb-
mann, for the support in the publication process of this volume.
Berlin, Lausanne, and Geneva, May 2018,
Jens Schröter, Simon Butticaz, and Andreas Dettwiler