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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789777503321

Autore

Prior Michael

Titolo

Paul the letter-writer and the second letter to Timothy / / Michael Prior

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sheffield, England : , : JSOT Press, , [1989]

©1989

ISBN

1-283-19392-2

9786613193926

0-567-18062-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Collana

Journal for the study of the New Testament. Supplement series ; ; 23

Disciplina

227/.06

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; Preface; Abbreviations; Chapter 1; THE PROBLEM OF THE PASTORAL EPISTLES; Chapter 2; STATISTICAL METHODS AND THE PASTORAL EPISTLES; Chapter 3; THE PAULINE EPISTLES AND THE PASTORAL EPISTLES; Chapter 4; SECOND TIMOTHY AMONG THE PASTORAL EPISTLES; Chapter 5; SECOND TIMOTHY: A FAREWELL LETTER?; Chapter 6; PAUL, SECOND TIMOTHY, AND THE SALVATION OF MANKIND; Chapter 7; THE 'SITZ IM LEBEN' OF SECOND TIMOTHY; CONCLUSION; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Biblical References; Index of Modern Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This study argues for new perspectives on the letters of Paul, especially the Second Letter to Timothy. It examines striking aspects of Paul's letters, especially the fact that many of them are co-authored, that six of them acknowledge that a secretary has penned the letter, and that 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy and Titus are the only ones addressed to individuals. It investigates the implications of these facts for the concept of Pauline authorship. Prior maintains that the received arguments, statistical as well as literary, which exclude 2 Timothy from the influence of Paul, are less than convincin