Timothy's Task, Paul's Prospect
Subtitle: A New Reading of 2 Timothy (New Testament Monographs)
Publisher: Sheffield Phoenix Press Ltd
Published: September 18, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781905048298
Subjects: Biblical studies, criticism & exegesis; Books of the New Testament; Biblical Studies - General; Religion / Bible / General; Biblical Studies - New Testament; Religion; Religion - Biblical Studies
Description: "In this book, Craig Smith propounds the thesis that the famous lines in 2 Timothy 4 where 'Paul' announces that the time of his departure has come have been misunderstood. This is no farewell speech, Smith avers, and Paul is not intending to pass on the baton to his younger colleague, Timothy." "Deploying epistolary analysis and rhetorical criticism, Smith shows that these verses (4.1-8) do not have the literary structure or the vocabulary of a testament or a farewell; rather, they are a 'charge', an authoritative command, comprised of five specific formal elements. This charge form is found also in the exorcism command and in some magical texts, Christian and non-Christian."--BOOK JACKET.