Leadership and lifestyle : the portrait of Paul in the Miletus speech and 1 Thessalonians / Steve Walton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walton, Steve, 1955- author.

Series:

Monograph series (Society for New Testament Studies) ; 108.

Society for New Testament Studies monograph series ; 108

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paul, the Apostle, Saint.

Paul.

Bible. Acts XX, 18-35--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bible.

Bible. Thessalonians, 1st--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Leadership--Biblical teaching.

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Leadership & Lifestyle

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This study contributes to debate about the portraits of Paul in Acts and his epistles by considering Paul's Miletus speech (Acts 20.18b-35) and identifies and compares major themes in Luke and Paul's views of Christian leadership. Comparisons with Jesus' speeches in Luke show how Lukan the speech is and, with 1 Thessalonians, how Pauline it is. The speech calls the Ephesian elders to service after Paul's departure to Jerusalem, focusing on: faithful fulfilment of leadership responsibility; suffering; attitudes to wealth and work; and the death of Jesus. Paul models Christian leadership for the elders. Parallels in Luke highlight his view of Christian leadership - modelled by Jesus and taught to his disciples, and modelled by Paul and taught to the elders. Study of 1 Thessalonians identifies a remarkably similar portrait of Christian leadership. The Miletus speech is close in thought, presentation and vocabulary to an early, indubitably Pauline letter.

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Why study the Miletus speech?; 2 Are Parallels in the Eye of the Beholder?; 3 The Miletus speech in context; Excursus 1: The text and translation of acts 20.28B; 4 The Miletus speech and Luke's Gospel; Excursus 2: The text of Luke 22.17-20; 5 The Miletus speech and 1 Thessalonians; 6 The Miletus speech, Ephesians and 2 Timothy; 7 Concluding reflections; Bibliography; Index of ancient texts; Index of modern authors; Index of subjects

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-239) and indexes.

ISBN:

1-107-11993-6

0-511-00973-9

1-280-42907-0

0-511-17257-5

0-511-15140-3

0-511-31060-9

0-511-48819-X

0-511-04998-6

OCLC:

437072447