Missing ‘Particles' in Disputed Pauline Letters? A Question of Method

New Testament scholars continue to debate the number of missing ‘particles' in disputed Pauline letters in order to advocate or challenge their pseudonymity. Surprisingly, however, participants in the debate do not usually define particles nor do they explain how they count missing types. Addre...

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Published in:Journal for the study of the New Testament
Main Author: Nes, Jermo van 1986- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2018]
In: Journal for the study of the New Testament
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Deuteropauline letters / Authorship / Greek language / Particle / Method
IxTheo Classification:HC New Testament
Further subjects:B Bible. Pastoral Epistles
B Pastoral Epistles
B Pauline churches
B Authorship
B Ephesians
B 2 Thessalonians
B Colossians
B Paul
B New Testament scholars
B Particles
B Bible. Colossians
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Summary:New Testament scholars continue to debate the number of missing ‘particles' in disputed Pauline letters in order to advocate or challenge their pseudonymity. Surprisingly, however, participants in the debate do not usually define particles nor do they explain how they count missing types. Addressing these methodological issues, the present study suggests using the broader category of ‘indeclinables' instead of particles, and to count missing types by either comparing the data for a particular letter (or group of letters) against another letter (or group of letters) or in light of the entire Pauline letter corpus. Since the overall result proves to be different for both approaches, it appears that the question regarding the number of missing indeclinables in (pseudo-)Pauline literature is essentially one of method.
ISSN:1745-5294
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the study of the New Testament
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0142064X18755907