Hostility in the House of God An Investigation of the Opponents in 1 and 2 Timothy / Dillon T. Thornton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thornton, Dillon T., author.

Series:

Bulletin for biblical research supplements ; 15.

Bulletin for biblical research supplements ; 15

Language:

English

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (339 pages).

Place of Publication:

Winona Lake, IN : Eisenbrauns, 2016.

Summary:

Virtually all scholars acknowledge the presence of opponents in 1 and 2 Timothy, but there is considerable disagreement over the identity of these opponents and the author's way of handling them. In this volume, Thornton provides a critique of a number of extant theories, including ""Gnostic, "" Jewish, and proto-Montanist identifications, and develops a rigorous methodology for unmasking the opponents who appear in these letters. He argues that the opponents came from within the Christian community in Ephesus and that their teaching is best described as an erroneous eschatological position tha.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Methodology

2. Exegetical Analysis of Explicit Units in 1 Timothy

3. Exegetical Analysis of Implicit Units in 1 Timothy 1-3

4. Exegetical Analysis of Implicit Units in 1 Timothy 4-6

5. Exegetical Analysis of Explicit and Implicit Units in 2 Timothy

6. Theological-Ethical Collision in Ephesus

Conclusion

Bibliography

Indexes

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781575064475

1575064472

OCLC:

940958243