The Pastoral Letters as Composite DocumentsThe authorship of the Pastoral Letters has long been a matter of intense scholarly debate. The arguments have centered on the question of whether Paul or a gifted pseudonymist composed these letters. Dr. Miller argues against both these positions, suggesting that no single author can be held responsible for much of this material. He takes the reader on a wide-ranging tour of biblical and extra-biblical sources, examining their literary histories, and concludes that the Pastorals are composite documents based on brief, but genuine, Pauline notes, written to Timothy and Titus. |
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Contents
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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| Title | The Pastoral Letters as Composite Documents Volume 93 of Monograph series, ISSN 0081-1432 Volume 93 of Monograph series: Society for the Study of the New Testament Volume 93 of Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series |
| Author | James D. Miller |
| Editor | John Court |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1997 |
| ISBN | 0521560489, 9780521560481 |
| Length | 214 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Religion / Biblical Commentary / New Testament / General Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / New Testament Religion / Biblical Studies / General Religion / Biblical Studies / New Testament / General |
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