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Informationen zum Autor Jay Twomey is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Cincinnati. He specializes in the reception of the Bible, and particularly Paul, in literary, cultural, and political contexts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Series Editors' Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Historical Overview 1 The Interpretations 4 Areas of Interpretive Interest 8 The Commentary 14 1 1 Timothy 1 16 The Salutation (1:1-2; 2 Tim. 1-2; Titus 1:1-4) 17 The Opponents: Speculators (1:3-7; 4:1-5, 7; Titus 3:9) 19 The Opponents: On the Law (1:8-11) 23 "Paul" (1:12-17; Titus 3:3-4) 25 The Opponents: Excommunication (1:18-20; 2 Tim. 2:17; 4:14-15) 27 2 1 Timothy 2 32 The Church: Politics (2:1-2; Titus 3:1) 33 Theological Speculation: Christ as Mediator (2:4-6) 36 Women: Silence in the Church (2:8-14) 39 3 1 Timothy 3 49 The Church: Bishops and Deacons (3:1-13; 5:1, 17; Titus 1:5-9) 49 Theological Speculation: The Mystery (3:14-16) 59 4 1 Timothy 4 64 The Opponents: End Times (4:1-10; 2 Tim. 3:1) 65 5 1 Timothy 5 73 Women: Widows (5:1-10) 74 The Church: Elders (5:17-22; Titus 1:5) 83 Timothy (5:23-25) 86 6 1 Timothy 6 89 The Church: Slaves (6:1-2; Titus 2:9) 90 The Church: Wealthy Christians (6:6-10, 17-19) 95 Theological Speculation: God's Dwelling and Being (6:12-16; 1 Tim. 1:17) 104 The Opponents: Dissent (6:2b-5, 20, 2 Timothy: 12, 14) 110 7 2 Timothy 1 114 The Thanksgiving (1:3-7) 115 Timothy: Ordination (1:6-8; 1 Tim. 1:18, 4:14-15) 117 Theological Speculation: God's Plan (1:9-10; 4:1, 8; 1 Tim. 6:14; Titus 1:2; 3:4-5) 120 "Paul" (1:13-18; 4:11, 19) 125 8 2 Timothy 2 129 The Church: Pauline Succession (2:1-2) 129 The Church: Christian Soldiers (2:3-7) 132 "Paul": The Gospel (2:8-10) 138 Theological Speculation: Divine Consistency (2:11-13; Titus 1:2) 139 The Opponents (2:14-18) 145 The Church: A Large House (2:19-26) 147 9 2 Timothy 3 153 The Opponents: Home Breakers (3:1-9) 154 "Paul": Suffering (3:10-13) 158 The Church: Scripture (2:14-17) 160 10 2 Timothy 4 168 The Opponents: Entertaining Teachers (4:1-4) 168 "Paul": The Good Fighter (4:6-8; cf. 1 Tim. 1:18; 6:12; 2 Tim. 2:5) 175 Conclusion and Greetings (4:9-22) 184 11 Titus 1 189 The Salutation (1:1-4; 2 Tim. 1:9) 190 The Opponents: Cretan Liars (1:9-16) 191 12 Titus 2 203 The Church: A Household Code (2:2-10) 203 Theological Speculation: Christ the God (2:11-14) 206 13 Titus 3 213 The Church: Baptism (3:1-11) 214 The Opponents: And Also Some Friends (3:10-11, 13) 218 Conclusion 226 Brief Biographies 230 Bibliography 236 Index of Biblical References 252 General Index 256 ...
