Paulo e a identidade do embargante: um estudo sob a perspectiva da análise do discurso e da sintaxe grega de 2 Tessalonicenses 2.1-17

Abstract

This research sought to analyze the interpretative possibilities of one of the most difficult passages in the New Testament, namely, 2 Thessalonians 2.1-17. To this end, we invested in serious bibliographical research from two interpretative perspectives: discourse analysis, more specifically, the theory of enunciation and grammatical-historical exegesis. With the first, we sought to explain the functioning of certain linguistic elements based on the concept of deictics. This brought us closer to E. Benveniste's theoretical project, more than to Michel Pêcheux's. With the second, we sought to survey the historical circumstances of the epistle; the main words of the text were morphosyntactically examined; in addition to highlighting the textual, literary and canonical contexts of the pericope. The structure of the epistle was presented in chapter one; textual variants were highlighted in chapter two; the content of the fake message and some identity suggestions were discussed in chapter three; In chapter four, the purpose of Paul's teaching in the pericope was highlighted. The conclusion reached in this work was that it is not possible to conclusively affirm the identity of the Plaintiff: κατέχον/κατέχων. However, it was possible to perceive another point of Pauline teaching in the pericope of 2 Thessalonians 2 that is almost always ignored by many readers of this passage.