The Pastoral Epistles

by Marshall, I. Howard

• ISBN13: 9780567084552
• ISBN10: 0567084558
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-06-15
• Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark

Summary

For over one hundred years, the International Critical Commentary series has held a special place among works on the Bible. It has sought to bring together all the relevant aids to exegesis linguistic and textual no less than archaeological, historical, literary and theologicalwith a level of comprehension and quality of scholarship unmatched by any other series.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Abbreviations and Bibliography	xv
INTRODUCTION	1	(108)
1. THE UNITY OF THE EPISTLES	1	(1)
2. ATTESTATION AND CANONICITY	2	(6)
3. THE TEXT OF THE EPISTLES	8	(3)
4. GENRE AND STRUCTURE	11	(29)
5. THE OPPOSITION TO PAUL	40	(12)
6. THE ECCLESIASTICAL SITUATION	52	(5)
7. AUTHORSHIP AND RECIPIENTS	57	(35)
8. THE THEOLOGY OF THE EPISTLES	92	(17)
THE LETTER TO TITUS	109	(242)
OPENING SALUTATION (1.1-4)	111	(34)
BODY OF THE LETTER - INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CHURCH LEADER (1.5-3.11)	145	(195)
I. THE APPOINTMENT OF ELDERS AND THE DANGER FROM OPPONENTS (1.5-16)	145	(85)
IIA. TEACHING FOR THE CHURCH - HOW BELIEVERS ARE TO RELATE TO ONE ANOTHER (2.1-15)	230	(68)
IIB. TEACHING FOR THE CHURCH - HOW BELIEVERS ARE TO LIVE IN SOCIETY (3.1-11)	298	(42)
PERSONAL INSTRUCTIONS (3.12-14)	340	(7)
CLOSING GREETING (3.15)	347	(4)
THE FIRST LETTER TO TIMOTHY	351	(330)
OPENING SALUTATION (1.1-2)	353	(6)
BODY OF THE LETTER - A. TEACHERS AND CHURCH LEADERS (1.3-3.16)	359	(171)
I. INSTRUCTION TO AVOID FALSE DOCTRINE (1.3-20)	360	(55)
II. INSTRUCTION ON PRAYER (2.1-15)	415	(56)
III. QUALIFICATIONS FOR OVERSEERS AND DEACONS (3.1-13)	471	(26)
IV. THE CHURCH AND THE MYSTERY OF THE FAITH (3.14-16)	497	(33)
BODY OF THE LETTER - B. THE ATTITUDE OF THE CHURCH LEADER TO THE CHURCH AND THE GROUPS IN IT (4.1-6.21a)	530	(149)
I. TIMOTHY'S DUTIES AS A TEACHER IN THE FACE OF HERESY (4.1-16)	530	(42)
II. THE TREATMENT OF VARIOUS GROUPS IN THE CHURCH (5.1-6.2a)	572	(61)
III. TRUE AND FALSE TEACHERS CONTRASTED (6.2b-21a)	633	(46)
CLOSING GREETING ( 6.21b)	679	(2)
THE SECOND LETTER TO TIMOTHY	681
SALUTATION (1.1-2)	683	(5)
BODY OF THE LETTER - TIMOTHY AS A CHURCH LEADER (1.3-4.8)	688	(123)
I. THE NEED FOR TIMOTHY TO SHOW COURAGE AND TO HOLD FAST TO THE GOSPEL (1.3-18)	688	(33)
II. EXHORTATION TO BE STRONG AND TO ENDURE SUFFERING (2.1-13)	721	(21)
III. THE CHURCH LEADER AND HIS OPPONENTS (2.14-26)	742	(26)
IV. UNGODLINESS AND THE CONSEQUENT NEED FOR FAITHFULNESS AND TRUTH (3.1-4.8)	768	(43)
APPEAL TO VISIT PAUL SOON - CLOSING INSTRUCTIONS (4.9-18)	811	(16)
GREETINGS, REPETITION OF APPEAL TO COME, AND FINAL BLESSING (4.19-22)	827
LIST OF EXCURSUSES
1. epsilonνσepsilonβepsilonια in the Pastoral Epistles	135	(35)
2. Overseers and their relation to elders	170	(12)
3. The σωφρων word-group and related concepts	182	(31)
4. The πιστιζ word-group in the Pastoral Epistles	213	(4)
5. σνepsilonιδησιζ in the Pastoral Epistles	217	(10)
6. Goodness and good works in the Pastoral Epistles	227	(4)
7. Household codes and station codes	231	(56)
8. Christology and the concept of 'epiphany'	287	(39)
9. The trustworthy sayings	326	(160)
10. Deacons and their relation to overseers	486	(26)
11. The church in the Pastoral Epistles	512	(323)
INDEXES
Index of Greek Words	835	(21)
Index of Ancient Writers and Sources	856	(5)
Index of Authors	861