Paul and Pseudepigraphy (Pauline Studies, Book 8)

164 jermo van nes it requires too much imagination, because “[n]ot one point in the hypo- thetical reconstruction is based on fa ...

the problem of the pastoral epistles 165 1. The verb σπουδάζω is found twice in Paul (cf. Gal 2:10; 1 Thess 2:17) and once in Ep ...

166 jermo van nes expansion was not intended to make the letters “look” Pauline; rather, it was motivated by the community’s des ...

the problem of the pastoral epistles 167 are the passages concerning church leaders (1 Tim 3:1–16; Titus 1:7–9) and the comments ...

168 jermo van nes According to Van Neste, all of these units are united by literary form, repetition of keywords, continuity in ...

the problem of the pastoral epistles 169 tive literary character has been demonstrated by many others in more recent and advance ...

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a deutero-Pauline Mystery? eCClesiology in Colossians and ePhesians sigurd grindheim Fjellhaug International University College, ...

174 sigurd grindheim the different rhetorical situation, and they also observe that the personal tone of the greetings (4:7–18) ...

a deutero-pauline mystery? 175 elements of both continuity and discontinuity with the undisputed let- ters, a mediating position ...

176 sigurd grindheim unnecessary (rom 16:23). in expressions such as “the whole church” (1 Cor 14:23), “every church” (1 Cor 4:1 ...

a deutero-pauline mystery? 177 original term is clearly “church of god” (ἐκκλησία τοῦ θεοῦ), as in all the early occurrences (1 ...

178 sigurd grindheim point is that this practice of drawing attention to one’s own status does in fact reflect poorly upon one’s ...

a deutero-pauline mystery? 179 throughout the ages and generations.” this idea recalls that of 1 Cor 2:7–10, where Paul explains ...

180 sigurd grindheim could not have penned it. instead, he finds the letter to be the product of a later author, who has conflat ...

a deutero-pauline mystery? 181 regarding Col 1:26–27, sanders claims that “[t]he word ‘mystery,’ which appears in the quotation ...

182 sigurd grindheim the middle of a sentence, a change that is inexplicable unless the verses represent a conflated quotation. ...

a deutero-pauline mystery? 183 elsewhere say that his ministry benefits those he has never met and never will meet.”20 sumney’s ...