Leadership and lifestyle : the portrait of Paul in the Miletus speech and 1 Thessalonians / / Steve Walton [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910815672703321
• Autore: Walton Steve, Dr
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2000
• ISBN: 1-107-11993-6; 0-511-00973-9; 1-280-42907-0; 0-511-17257-5; 0-511-15140-3; 0-511-31060-9; 0-511-48819-X; 0-511-04998-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Society for New Testament Studies monograph series ; ; 108
• Disciplina: 225.9/2
• Soggetti: Leadership - Biblical teaching
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-239) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Why study the Miletus speech?; 2 Are Parallels in the Eye of the Beholder?; 3 The Miletus speech in context; Excursus 1: The text and translation of acts 20.28B; 4 The Miletus speech and Luke's Gospel; Excursus 2: The text of Luke 22.17-20; 5 The Miletus speech and 1 Thessalonians; 6 The Miletus speech, Ephesians and 2 Timothy; 7 Concluding reflections; Bibliography; Index of ancient texts; Index of modern authors; Index of subjects
• Sommario/riassunto: This study contributes to debate about the portraits of Paul in Acts and his epistles by considering Paul's Miletus speech (Acts 20.18b-35) and identifies and compares major themes in Luke and Paul's views of Christian leadership. Comparisons with Jesus' speeches in Luke show how Lukan the speech is and, with 1 Thessalonians, how Pauline it is. The speech calls the Ephesian elders to service after Paul's departure to Jerusalem, focusing on: faithful fulfilment of leadership responsibility; suffering; attitudes to wealth and work; and the death of Jesus. Paul ; models Christian leadership for the elders. Parallels in Luke highlight his view of Christian leadership - modelled by Jesus and taught to his disciples, and modelled by Paul and taught to the elders. Study of 1 Thessalonians identifies a remarkably similar portrait of Christian leadership. The Miletus speech is close in thought, presentation and vocabulary to an early, indubitably Pauline letter.