Timothy's Task, Paul's Prospect
A New Reading of 2 Timothy
In this challenging book, Craig Smith propounds the novel thesis that the famous lines in 2 Timothy 4 where 'Paul' announces that the time of his departure has come have been misunderstood. This is no farewell speech, Smith avers, and Paul is not intending to pass on the baton to his younger colleague, Timothy.Deploying epistolary analysis and rhetorical criticism, Smith shows that these verses (4.1-8) do not have the literary structure or the vocabulary of a testament or a farewell; rather, they are a 'charge', an authoritative command, comprised of five specific formal elements. This charge form is found also in the exorcism command and in…
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- ISBN: 978-1-905048-29-8
- EAN: 9781905048298
- Produktnummer: 2575435
- Verlag: Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
- Seitenangabe: 280 S.
- Masse: H24.0 cm x B16.1 cm x D1.9 cm 589 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 589
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