The Pastoral Epistles /

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Author / Creator:Davies, Margaret, 1941- author
Imprint:Sheffield : Sheffield Academic, c1996.
Description:127 pages ; 22 cm.
Language:English
Series:Bojer, Johan,
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2477650
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ISBN:1850757437 (pbk)
Notes:Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Possible Sources and the Question about the Coherence of the Pastoral Epistles. Quotations from and Allusions to the Jewish Scriptures. Possible Quotations from and Allusions to Liturgical Formulas. Brief Descriptions of Virtuous and Vicious People, and Other Influences from Hellenistic Writings. Advice about Household Management and Other Relations: Bourgeois Christianity? Are the Final Forms of the Pastoral Epistles Coherent?
  • 3. Theology, Christology and Ethics. Salvation and Eschatology. About Leaders. About Women. About Slaves. Real, Potential or Conventional Opponents. The Implied Readers of the Pastoral Epistles
  • 4. Authorship: The Problem and Possible Solutions. Pauline Authorship. Further Evidence against Pauline Authorship. Paul's Use of a Secretary. Fragments of Pauline Letters as a Basis for the Pastorals. The Third Volume of Luke-Acts. An Ethical Dilemma?