TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thornton,Dillon T.
TI  - Hostility in the house of God: an investigation of the opponents in 1 and 2 Timothy 
T2  - Bulletin for biblical research supplements
SN  - 9781575064475
AV  - BS2745.52 
U1  - 227/.8306 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - Winona Lake, IN
PB  - Eisenbrauns
KW  - Bible
KW  - Timothy
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - fast
KW  - New Testament
KW  - nli
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Biblical Studies
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Paul's Letters
KW  - Hostility (Psychology)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; 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
N2  - 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
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