Priscille Marschall explores some stylistic aspects of Paul's letters, in particular their oral-oriented logic of structuration into "côla" and "periods", employing Chapters 10-13 of Second Corinthians as a case study. The method of analysis is based on ancient Greek and Latin rhetorical treatises.

Priscille Marschall focuses on a hitherto neglected aspect of the study of the elocutio of Paul's letters: colometry, i.e., the way in which ancient authors used to structure their orality-oriented compositions into "côla" () and "periods" (). Based on a thorough study of rhetorical treatises from the Greco-Roman world, the author first develops a set of criteria for delineating the côla and the periods. Using 2 Corinthians 10-13 as a case study, she then examines the extent to which Paul's style complies with the conventions of structuring prose outlined by the ancient rhetoricians. Lastly, she explores the links between colometric structure and punctuation, showing how colometric analysis can inform exegetical debates related to segmentation issues and questioning how we might (re)punctuate Paul's letters in order to render something of their oral logic of structuration.

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Born 1990; 2011-14 Theology studies; 2021 PhD in Theology at the University of Lausanne; Postdoc researcher within the SNSF-Prima MARK16 project; Postdoc researcher at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies of the University Laval, Québec, Canada.

Inhalt
Introduction

Chapter 1: Ancient Colometry and the New Testament: Status Quaestionis and Aims of this Study

Chapter 2: Côla, Commata, and Periods: The Data from the Rhetorical Treatises

Chapter 3: Towards a Method of Colometric Analysis

Chapter 4: Essay of a Colometric Analysis of 2 Cor 10-13

Chapter 5: Re-punctuating Paul's Letters in Light of their Colometric Structure

Conclusion