The Pastoral Letters as Composite Documents

by James D. Miller

Book Overview

The authorship of the Pastoral letters has been a matter of intense scholarly debate for almost two hundred years. The letters clearly purport to be written by Paul, but perceived differences in the literary style, vocabulary and theology of the Pastorals when compared with that of the genuine Pauline letters suggests that this was not so. The arguments have centred primarily on the question of whether Paul or a disciple of Paul - a gifted pseudonymist...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521020646
• ISBN13: 9780521020640
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"