Date of Award

5-1-2013

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

Exegetical Theology

First Advisor

Jeffrey Oschwald

Scripture References in this Resource

2 Corinthians 2:1–9; 1 Corinthians 3:6; 2 Corinthians 10:14; 2 Corinthians 10:6; 2 Corinthians 11:11; 2 Corinthians 12:13; 2 Corinthians 12:15b; 2 Corinthians 11:2–4; 2 Corinthians 12:20; 2 Corinthians 7:6–13; Acts 18:1–18; Acts 18:22; Acts 19:10; 1 Corinthians 5:9-11; 2 Corinthians 6:14-7:1; 1 Corinthians 1:11; 1 Corinthians 16:17; 1 Corinthians 4:18; 1 Corinthians 16:5–9; 2 Corinthians 1:15–2:4; 2 Corinthians 12:14; 2 Corinthians 13:1-2; 2 Corinthians 2:3; 2 Corinthians 2:12–13

Abstract

The contention of this thesis, then, is: The Apostle Paul’s apparent use of ancient Greco-Roman rhetorical conventions in 2 Corinthians gives evidence of its compositional integrity and adequately accounts for the apparent partitions which, to some scholars, reveal the existence of multiple documents.

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