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Rhetorical Criticism and the Unity of 2 Corinthians: One ‘Epilogue’, or More?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 September 2008

IVOR H. JONES
Affiliation:
1 Greestone Terrace, Lincoln, LN2 1PR, England
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The endings of Pauline letters have been studied as providing clues to the letters' contents. The text of 2 Corinthians is no exception. But what constitutes the ending of that text, and is there more than one letter-ending in it? Rhetorical criticism provides some criteria for attempts to answer those questions, and has sometimes been claimed as providing evidence for the unity of 2 Corinthians. This article reviews that evidence and questions its reliability. The possibility that there may be more than one letter-ending points to a different solution and exposes important features of the text's composition.

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2008 Cambridge University Press