Dr. Eve-Marie Becker is Assistant at the Institute of New Testament at the University of Erlangen. Her recent publications are concerned with the Corinthian Correspondence and its reception, with hermeneutics and the interpretation of the Gospel of Mark.

'Special consideration is given the meta-communicative statemetns such as 2 Cor'   Review in International Review of Biblical Studies, vol 51, 2004/05

• Ch. 1 Current Approaches to the understanding of 2 Corinthians; 1.1. Literarkritik as an approach to understanding 2 Corinthians; 1.2. Research on orality and rhetoric as an approach to the understanding of 2 Corinthians; 1.3. Epistolographic contributions to 2 Corinthians; 1.4. So-called hermeneutical contributions to 2 Corinthians; 1.5. Appreciation and critique: Rhetoric, epistolography and hermeneutics as approaches to 2 Corinthians; 1.6. A preview: Further steps; Ch.2 A literarhistorical reconstruction of 2 Corinthians; 2.1. Paul as a'historical' letter-writer; 2.2. The Corinthian congregation as recipients of 2 Cor.; 2.3. Transmission and revision of the Pauline epistles; 2.4. A literarhistorical model for the reconstruction of 2 Cor.; Ch.3 Theoretical bases of epistolary hermeneutics; 3.1. Communication by means of letters; 3.2. Letter Writing; 3.3. Epistolary hermeneutics as meta-communicatib; Ch.4 Writing and understanding: Pauline epistolary hermeneutics in 2 Corinthians; 4.1. On Letter-writing - 2 Cor.2.3f, 8f; 7.8f, 12f; 9.1; 13.10; 4.2. On the Reception of the Letters - 2 Cor.10.9-11; 4.3. Writing and understanding: The meta-communication of 2 Corinthians and its epistolary hermeneutical yield; 4.4. Special Analyses; 4.4.1. On the Function of Co-Senders in the Pauline Epistles; 4.4.2. Grajein in Paul; 4.4.3. Legein, lalein, logoV in 2 Cor.; 4.4.4. Autobiographical passages in Paul; 4.4.5. Performative and meta-argumentative statements in 2 Cor.; Ch.5 Further perspectives; 5.1. Meta-communicative structures in 1 Cor. 8; 5.2. The reception of 2 Corinthians (1-4th century); 5.3. Results

Dr. Eve-Marie Becker is Assistant at the Institute of New Testament at the University of Erlangen. Her recent publications are concerned with the Corinthian Correspondence and its reception, with hermeneutics and the interpretation of the Gospel of Mark.

'Special consideration is given the meta-communicative statemetns such as 2 Cor'   Review in International Review of Biblical Studies, vol 51, 2004/05

• Ch. 1 Current Approaches to the understanding of 2 Corinthians; 1.1. Literarkritik as an approach to understanding 2 Corinthians; 1.2. Research on orality and rhetoric as an approach to the understanding of 2 Corinthians; 1.3. Epistolographic contributions to 2 Corinthians; 1.4. So-called hermeneutical contributions to 2 Corinthians; 1.5. Appreciation and critique: Rhetoric, epistolography and hermeneutics as approaches to 2 Corinthians; 1.6. A preview: Further steps; Ch.2 A literarhistorical reconstruction of 2 Corinthians; 2.1. Paul as a'historical' letter-writer; 2.2. The Corinthian congregation as recipients of 2 Cor.; 2.3. Transmission and revision of the Pauline epistles; 2.4. A literarhistorical model for the reconstruction of 2 Cor.; Ch.3 Theoretical bases of epistolary hermeneutics; 3.1. Communication by means of letters; 3.2. Letter Writing; 3.3. Epistolary hermeneutics as meta-communicatib; Ch.4 Writing and understanding: Pauline epistolary hermeneutics in 2 Corinthians; 4.1. On Letter-writing - 2 Cor.2.3f, 8f; 7.8f, 12f; 9.1; 13.10; 4.2. On the Reception of the Letters - 2 Cor.10.9-11; 4.3. Writing and understanding: The meta-communication of 2 Corinthians and its epistolary hermeneutical yield; 4.4. Special Analyses; 4.4.1. On the Function of Co-Senders in the Pauline Epistles; 4.4.2. Grajein in Paul; 4.4.3. Legein, lalein, logoV in 2 Cor.; 4.4.4. Autobiographical passages in Paul; 4.4.5. Performative and meta-argumentative statements in 2 Cor.; Ch.5 Further perspectives; 5.1. Meta-communicative structures in 1 Cor. 8; 5.2. The reception of 2 Corinthians (1-4th century); 5.3. Results

Dr. Eve-Marie Becker is Assistant at the Institute of New Testament at the University of Erlangen. Her recent publications are concerned with the Corinthian Correspondence and its reception, with hermeneutics and the interpretation of the Gospel of Mark.

'Special consideration is given the meta-communicative statemetns such as 2 Cor'   Review in International Review of Biblical Studies, vol 51, 2004/05

• Ch. 1 Current Approaches to the understanding of 2 Corinthians; 1.1. Literarkritik as an approach to understanding 2 Corinthians; 1.2. Research on orality and rhetoric as an approach to the understanding of 2 Corinthians; 1.3. Epistolographic contributions to 2 Corinthians; 1.4. So-called hermeneutical contributions to 2 Corinthians; 1.5. Appreciation and critique: Rhetoric, epistolography and hermeneutics as approaches to 2 Corinthians; 1.6. A preview: Further steps; Ch.2 A literarhistorical reconstruction of 2 Corinthians; 2.1. Paul as a'historical' letter-writer; 2.2. The Corinthian congregation as recipients of 2 Cor.; 2.3. Transmission and revision of the Pauline epistles; 2.4. A literarhistorical model for the reconstruction of 2 Cor.; Ch.3 Theoretical bases of epistolary hermeneutics; 3.1. Communication by means of letters; 3.2. Letter Writing; 3.3. Epistolary hermeneutics as meta-communicatib; Ch.4 Writing and understanding: Pauline epistolary hermeneutics in 2 Corinthians; 4.1. On Letter-writing - 2 Cor.2.3f, 8f; 7.8f, 12f; 9.1; 13.10; 4.2. On the Reception of the Letters - 2 Cor.10.9-11; 4.3. Writing and understanding: The meta-communication of 2 Corinthians and its epistolary hermeneutical yield; 4.4. Special Analyses; 4.4.1. On the Function of Co-Senders in the Pauline Epistles; 4.4.2. Grajein in Paul; 4.4.3. Legein, lalein, logoV in 2 Cor.; 4.4.4. Autobiographical passages in Paul; 4.4.5. Performative and meta-argumentative statements in 2 Cor.; Ch.5 Further perspectives; 5.1. Meta-communicative structures in 1 Cor. 8; 5.2. The reception of 2 Corinthians (1-4th century); 5.3. Results