On Paul's Second Visit to Corinth: Palin, Parsing, and Presupposition in 2 Corinthians 2:1
The supposition that Paul's second visit to Corinth was a painful visit between the writing of 1 and 2 Corinthians is a staple of modern reconstructions of Paul's biography, but its basis is surprisingly thin. It rests in large part on a presupposition generated by a particular parsing of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2016]
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| In: |
Journal of Biblical literature
Year: 2016, Volume: 135, Issue: 3, Pages: 597-615 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Bible. Corinthians 2. 2,1
/ palin (Morphemics)
/ Greek language
/ Adverb
/ Paul Apostle
/ Journey
/ Corinth
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| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament |
| Further subjects: | B
Semantics
B Linguistics B Saints B 4th century B Corinth (Greece) B History B PRESUPPOSITION (Logic) B Pragmatics |
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Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Summary: | The supposition that Paul's second visit to Corinth was a painful visit between the writing of 1 and 2 Corinthians is a staple of modern reconstructions of Paul's biography, but its basis is surprisingly thin. It rests in large part on a presupposition generated by a particular parsing of the adverb πάλιν in 2 Cor 2:1 τὸ μὴ πάλιν ἐν λύπῃ πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἐλθεῖν. This article revisits the semantics and pragmatics of πάλιν from a contemporary linguistic perspective and concludes that πάλιν, in this particular context, cannot bear the exegetical weight placed upon it. Reconstructions of Paul's travels need to look elsewhere for evidence. |
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| ISSN: | 1934-3876 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Biblical literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.15699/jbl.1353.2016.3123 |
