Marcionite 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

Here is my analysis of the famous passage 1 Corinthians 15:1-11 to reveal the underlying Marcionite Original, and then a discussion of how I reached that opinion from the sources. This is a bit of  a teaser for the release of my complete reconstruction of 1 & 2 Corinthians in Marcionite form.

1 Corinthians 15:1-3 – ὃ καὶ παρέλαβον and – κατὰ τὰς γραφάς {A}
      15:4b-10 – κατὰ τὰς γραφάς … οὐκ ἐγὼ δὲ ἀλλὰ ἡ χάρις τοῦ θεοῦ ἡ σὺν ἐμοί

The traditions of 15:4(b)-10 were placed by the Catholic redactor to lessen Paul’s role, and to harmonize to Acts (Jesus appearing to Peter in 15:5, the elevation of James and the Apostles in 15:7, Saul/Paul persecuting the “Church of God” in verse 15:9, et al). The most that could remain forms a simple coherent statement

Conversation with Hermann Detering

Last year I opened a conversation with Dr. Detering by criticizing his reconstruction of Marcion's Romans for not being radical enough, especially verses 1:1-7. As I go into my concerns and my arguments for a more compact reading than simply removing Romans 1:2-6, I think this might be instruction for any passer by who happens upon my bog to get a feeling for what I am thinking.

If anyone wants I can post it with Dr. Detering's comments.

Marcionite Romans Interliner

The link below contains the first six chapters for my reconstruction of the Marcionite version of Paul's Epistle to the Romans. I am not at all convinced that verses 3:23-24, 3:27-28 were in Marcion's version, but since Herman Deterring does include them I highlighted them in yellow.

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0Ab5F1hKk4E3XZGZnbXI2YjdfMmhmbWN2c2dr&hl=en

Below are Chapters 7-14

http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0Ab5F1hKk4E3XZGZnbXI2YjdfM2Y3Z3N0OGZ4&hl=en

The commentary will be uploaded in a later blog

Purpose of Blog

I have decided after a decade of writing articles about the development of Christianity that it would be a good idea to find a place to post some of them so that they don't just get lost in my computer's hard drive.

This also gives me a chance to throw out ideas, various tidbits and findings, or even pose questions in an informal way, and then collect the feedback from my more learned friends and colleagues out there. So feel free to browse, find anything interesting you wish to read. And if you see something that isn’t right, or you think I need to explain better, or God forbid I explain well, to leave me feedback.

Thanks and enjoy!

Stuart