Paulus - Gefangener in Ephesus?: Teil 2
The hypothesis that Paul had spent a fairly long period of time in captivity in Ephesus was introduced into exegetical discussion at the end of the 19th century and it rapidly gained currency. Above all the hypothesis had a decisive influence on the assessment of Paul’s letters written while in capt...
| Published in: | Biblische Notizen |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | German |
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Herder
2007
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Biblische Notizen
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Paul Apostle
/ Captivity
/ Ephesus
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| IxTheo Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion HC New Testament HH Archaeology |
| Further subjects: | B
Paul Apostle
B Ephesus B Bible. Apostelgeschichte 19 |
| Summary: | The hypothesis that Paul had spent a fairly long period of time in captivity in Ephesus was introduced into exegetical discussion at the end of the 19th century and it rapidly gained currency. Above all the hypothesis had a decisive influence on the assessment of Paul’s letters written while in captivity: today the prevailing opinion is that these letters were indeed written in captivity in Ephesus and not during Paul’s incarceration in Rome. In recent years the debate on the time and place of the letters to the Philippians and to Philemon has been conducted more openly than was previously the case, though without casting any doubt on the plausibility of the hypothesis that Paul was indeed imprisoned in Ephesus. The above article sets out to examine critically the main arguments in favour of stating that the letters from captivity were written in Ephesus and goes on to ask whether the notion that Paul spent a fairly long time as a prisoner in Ephesus is reconcilable with what he himself has to say about imprisonment and with his travel notes. The answer to this question is a resounding “No!” Die Hypothese von einer längeren Gefangenschaft des Paulus in Ephesus wurde Ende des 19. Jhds. in die exegetische Diskussion eingebracht und setzte sich rasch durch. Sie hatte vor allem Konsequenzen für die Beurteilung der Gefangenschaftsbriefe, deren Entstehung jetzt mehrheitlich dieser Haft in Ephesus zugeordnet wurde und nicht mehr der paulinischen Gefangenschaft in Rom. In den letzten Jahren wird die Diskussion um Entstehungsort und -zeit des Philipper- und Philemonbriefes wieder offener geführt, ohne allerdings grundsätzlich die Plausibilität der Hypothese einer Gefangenschaft des Paulus in Ephesus zu hinterfragen. Der vorliegende Beitrag überprüft zunächst kritisch die Hauptargumente für eine Abfassung der Gefangenschaftsbriefe in Ephesus und fragt anschließend, ob eine längere Haftzeit des Paulus in Ephesus mit seinen eigenen Aussagen über Gefangenschaften und mit seinen Reisenotizen kompatibel ist. Die Antwort lautet klar: Nein! |
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| ISSN: | 0178-2967 |
| Contains: | In: Biblische Notizen
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