Returning Home: New Covenant and Sacred Exodus as the Context for 2 Corinthians 6.14-7.1: No. 85. (Journal for the Study of the New Testament Supplement S.) - Hardcover

Webb, W.J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1850754187 ISBN 13: 9781850754183

Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheffie, 1993

Synopsis

The text of 2 Cor. 6.14-7.1, commonly called the 'fragment', has been the focus of much debate, due largely to its enigmatic presence within the context of 2.14-7.4. This work forges a new line of research on the problem of contextual disruption through an examination of the Old Testament traditions used within the fragment (their source, redactional focus and theology). Next, a similar traditions study is pursued in the current literary context of 2.14-7.4. A surprising degree of continuity between the fragment and its context is discovered in the use of Old Testament traditions, particularly those relating to new covenant and second exodus (exilic *) traditions. From this investigation a contextual hypothesis is proposed, along with a critique of competing contextual theories. The book concludes with two appendices which apply the contextual hypothesis to the crucial interpretative issue in 6.14a. Although the author's contextual hypothesis is not dependent upon any one interpretative solution in 6.14a, it nonetheless offers some fresh insight into the questions of who the 'unbelievers' are and what the 'unequal yoke' is.

Edition details

• Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group - Sheffie
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1850754187
• ISBN 13: 9781850754183
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 200