The Marcionite ten-letter Pauline Corpus was ordered as follows:
Galatians, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Romans, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, Laodiceans (Ephesians), Colossians, Philippians, Philemon.
In reproduction sizes it appears to have basically followed the same pattern as the first ten letters in the thirteen letter form; first is an introductory letter that establishes Paul's authority in its opening verses heading the collection, followed by the other letters ordered by their size. The Thessalonians appear to have been considered one letter/book for this purpose in the Marcionite form, and it is entirely possible that it was in fact a nine letter collection with the Thessalonians comprising but a single letter, although that seems unlikely.
In my collection, I think I have reasonably solid reproductions of all but the Thessalonians and Philemon, due to the dearth of reference to them in the anti-Marcionite literature. The Thessalonians simply have too many lacunae to have any confidence in a reconstruction as a result, while any effort to reproduce Philemon's content would be entirely speculative with nothing to anchor on. As a result, I will skip presenting reproductions and instead comment only on the theme of Philemon, and the elements in Thessalonian we know to have been in the Marcionite form at the end.
The question I ask myself is where to start in presenting the reproductions? Should I present them in Marcionite order or should I present them in an order to better demonstrate how the collection was put together and how each influenced each other, rather than forward reference things I have not yet presented? I think I'll go the latter.
Our first two letters will be the Asian collection, that is Laodiceans and Colossians, as the two Asian letters are intertwined in the modern collection, and Marcionite Romans is dependent upon Laodiceans (as well as the Corinthians). We will build from there and finish with Galatians.
Next up Laodiceans
Galatians, 1 Corinthians, 2 Corinthians, Romans, 1 Thessalonians, 2 Thessalonians, Laodiceans (Ephesians), Colossians, Philippians, Philemon.
In reproduction sizes it appears to have basically followed the same pattern as the first ten letters in the thirteen letter form; first is an introductory letter that establishes Paul's authority in its opening verses heading the collection, followed by the other letters ordered by their size. The Thessalonians appear to have been considered one letter/book for this purpose in the Marcionite form, and it is entirely possible that it was in fact a nine letter collection with the Thessalonians comprising but a single letter, although that seems unlikely.
In my collection, I think I have reasonably solid reproductions of all but the Thessalonians and Philemon, due to the dearth of reference to them in the anti-Marcionite literature. The Thessalonians simply have too many lacunae to have any confidence in a reconstruction as a result, while any effort to reproduce Philemon's content would be entirely speculative with nothing to anchor on. As a result, I will skip presenting reproductions and instead comment only on the theme of Philemon, and the elements in Thessalonian we know to have been in the Marcionite form at the end.
The question I ask myself is where to start in presenting the reproductions? Should I present them in Marcionite order or should I present them in an order to better demonstrate how the collection was put together and how each influenced each other, rather than forward reference things I have not yet presented? I think I'll go the latter.
Our first two letters will be the Asian collection, that is Laodiceans and Colossians, as the two Asian letters are intertwined in the modern collection, and Marcionite Romans is dependent upon Laodiceans (as well as the Corinthians). We will build from there and finish with Galatians.
Next up Laodiceans
Statistics: Posted by Stuart — Tue Jan 14, 2025 12:24 pm