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Hostility in the house of God : an investigation of the opponents in 1 and 2 Timothy / Dillon T. Thornton.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Bulletin for biblical research supplements ; 15.Publisher: Winona Lake, IN : Eisenbrauns, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781575064475
  • 1575064472
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Hostility in the house of God.DDC classification:
  • 227/.8306 23
LOC classification:
  • BS2745.52
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  • online - EBSCO
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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
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

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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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

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