The Pastoral Letters as Composite DocumentsCambridge University Press, 14 ago 1997 - 214 pagine The authorship of the Pastoral letters has been a matter of intense scholarly debate for almost two hundred years. The letters clearly purport to be written by Paul, but perceived differences in the literary style, vocabulary and theology of the Pastorals when compared with that of the genuine Pauline letters suggests that this was not so. The arguments have centred primarily on the question of whether Paul or a disciple of Paul - a gifted pseudonymist - composed these letters. It is the 'either/or' nature of the debate that is brought into serious question in this book. Dr Miller argues that the Pastorals reflect a compositional history that was commonplace throughout the ancient Near East. He takes the reader on a wide-ranging tour of biblical and extra-biblical sources, examining their literary histories, and arguing that the Pastorals are composite documents, not unlike many Jewish and early Christian works. |
Sommario
Acknowledgments page x | 1 |
Religious writings as collections | 19 |
a compositional analysis | 124 |
Summary and conclusions | 138 |
compositions or collections? | 159 |
Bibliography | 192 |
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A. T. Hanson admonitions Apostolic appears argues authentic Brox C. K. Barrett character church Commentary compilation composite documents creedal fragment Didache Donelson early Christian editorial Epistle to Titus Epistles to Timothy epistolary evidence example formula genuine Pauline gospel H. J. Holtzmann hapax legomena II Timothy J. B. Lightfoot J. H. Bernard Jesus Jewish and early literary literature liturgical original parallels parenetic passage Pastoral Epistles Pastoral Epistles London Pastoralbriefe Paul Paul's Pauline letters Pauline notes phrase polemical preformed present context Press previously independent proverbial sayings pseudepigraphical Pseudo-Phocylides pseudonymous pseudonymous author Qumran reference sacred sacred traditions salutation scribal scribes seems similar style suggests Testament textual thanksgiving Therapeutae thinks Timothy and Titus traditional materials verses writings ἀλλὰ γὰρ δὲ διὰ εἰς ἐν ἡμῶν ἵνα καὶ κατὰ μὴ οἱ ὅτι ταῦτα τῇ τὴν τῆς τὸ τοῖς τὸν τοῦ θεοῦ τοὺς τῶν Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ