02704oam 22005294a 450 991015511260332120230808200837.09781575064475157506447210.1515/9781575064475(CKB)3710000000973096(MiAaPQ)EBC4772167(DLC) 2016009286(OCoLC)940958243(MdBmJHUP)musev2_80863(DE-B1597)584588(DE-B1597)9781575064475(Perlego)2058553(EXLCZ)99371000000097309620160223d2016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierHostility in the House of GodAn Investigation of the Opponents in 1 and 2 Timothy /Dillon T. ThorntonWinona Lake, IN :Eisenbrauns,2016.©2016.1 online resource (339 pages)Bulletin for biblical research supplements ;159781575064468 1575064464 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Methodology -- 2. Exegetical Analysis of Explicit Units in 1 Timothy -- 3. Exegetical Analysis of Implicit Units in 1 Timothy 1-3 -- 4. Exegetical Analysis of Implicit Units in 1 Timothy 4-6 -- 5. Exegetical Analysis of Explicit and Implicit Units in 2 Timothy -- 6. Theological-Ethical Collision in Ephesus -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- IndexesVirtually all scholars acknowledge the presence of opponents in 1 and 2 Timothy, but there is considerable disagreement over the identity of these opponents and the author's way of handling them. In this volume, Thornton provides a critique of a number of extant theories, including ""Gnostic, "" Jewish, and proto-Montanist identifications, and develops a rigorous methodology for unmasking the opponents who appear in these letters. He argues that the opponents came from within the Christian community in Ephesus and that their teaching is best described as an erroneous eschatological position tha.Bulletin for biblical research supplements ;15.Hostility (Psychology)latNLIPreferredLanguageHeadingCriticism, interpretation, etc.Hostility (Psychology)227/.8306Thornton Dillon T.1070604MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910155112603321Hostility in the House of God2564447UNINA