The reception of Paul and early Christian initiation : history and hermeneutics /

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Main Author: Edsall, Benjamin A., 1982- (Author)
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Dedication; Table of contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Paul at the End of the Fourth Century; 1.2 About Pauline Reception; 1.2.1 Reception and (Mis)Interpretation; 1.2.2 Pauline Images and the Catechumenate; 1.3 About the Present Study; 2 Catechesis and the Catechumenate: A Historical Sketch; 2.1 (No) Catechesis in the New Testament; 2.2 A Quiet Beginning: The Second Century; 2.2.1 Didache (Syria); 2.2.2 Shepherd of Hermas (Rome); 2.2.3 Justin Martyr (Rome); 2.2.4 Irenaeus (Gaul); 2.3 A Burst of Activity: The Early Third Century
  • 2.3.1 Clement of Alexandria2.3.2 Passio Perpetuae et Felicitatis (Carthage); 2.3.3 Tertullian (Carthage); 2.3.4 Epistula Clementis (Syria); 2.3.5 Traditio apostolica (Rome?); 2.3.6 Valentinian Initiation (Rome etc.); 2.3.7 Origen from Alexandria to Caesarea; 2.4 The Flowering of Catechesis in the Fourth Century; 2.5 Conclusion; 3 Narrating the Catechist in the Acts of Paul; 3.1 Textual Matters; 3.1.1 Manuscripts and Mentions; 3.1.2 Oral and Literary Relationships; 3.2 Acta Pauli: A Plot Summary; 3.3 Not Baptizing Thecla: Two Alternatives; 3.4 Thecla, Initiation, and Self-Control
  • 3.5 Paul Baptizing Others3.6 Conclusion; 4 Clement's Pedagogical Interpretation: Milk and Meat; 4.1 Clement's Catechumenate: Structure and Terminology; 4.1.1 Structure; 4.1.2 Terminology; 4.2 Pedagogical Problems and Pauline Solutions; 4.2.1 Pedagogical Problems; 4.2.2 Clement's Pauline Solution; 4.3 Paul's Catechetical Activity in Clement's Writings; Excursus: Paul's Catechesis in Irenaeus?; 4.4 Conclusion; 5 Cultivating the Soul: Origen's Catechetical Paul; 5.1 Origen's Catechumenate; 5.1.1 Some Comments on Origen's Catechetical Terminology
  • 5.2 Homilist and Theologian: Origen's Institutional Contexts5.2.1 Origen's Caesarean School; 5.2.2 Origen's Caesarean Homilies; 5.3 Origen's Paul; 5.3.1 A Catechetical Paul: Cultivating the Soul; 5.3.2 "The many are infants…"; 5.4 Conclusion; 6 Paul the Catechist, Chrysostom, and the Fourth Century; 6.1 Chrysostom's Catechumenate; 6.1.1 Shape and Significance; 6.1.2 Chrysostom's Catechetical Terminology; 6.2 Chrysostom and Paul the Catechist; 6.2.1 Paul the Catechumen; 6.2.2 Paul the Mystagogue; 6.3 Chrysostom's Catechist in the Fourth Century; 7 Textual Resources and a Catechetical Paul
  • 7.1 A Catechetical Paul: Resources and Implications7.1.1 Summary; 7.1.2 Implications; 7.2 Reading the Old with the New; 7.2.1 Scriptural Resources; 7.2.1.1 1 Corinthians 1:17 and 3:6; 7.2.1.2 1 Corinthians 2:6-3:3; 7.2.1.3 Hebrews 5:14 and Romans 1:17; 7.2.2 Images of Paul Then and Now; 7.2.2.1 F. C. Baur and a Paul of Oppositions; 7.2.2.2 Erasmus and Luther's Opposing Pauls; 7.3 Conclusion; 8 Conclusion: Reception as Iteration
  • A Sketch; 8.1 Iterative Reading: A Sketch; 8.1.1 Horizons and "Tradition"; 8.1.2 The Iterable Text; 8.1.3 Iteration Without Duplication