1–2 Timothy, Titus

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Author:
David W. Pao
As the inaugural volume of the Brill Exegetical Commentary Series, this commentary provides a fresh reading of the Pastoral Epistles while interacting with recent developments in biblical studies and the auxiliary disciplines. A fresh translation of the Greek text is followed by text-critical, grammatical, historical, and theological analyses of the text. Instead of a commentary on the commentaries, this work grounds the reading of the Pastoral Epistles within their proper linguistic and socio-cultural contexts, thus allowing their distinct theological voices to emerge.
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2023
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David W. Pao (PhD, Harvard University), is Academic Dean and Professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. His publications include Acts and the Isaianic New Exodus, Thanksgiving: An Investigation of a Pauline Theme, Early Christian Voices: In Texts, Traditions, and Symbols (eds.), Commentary on the Gospel of Luke, and Colossians and Philemon.
In turning to evaluation, Pao has written a magnificent commentary, one that must now be reckoned with in any study on the [Pastoral Epistles]. The exegetical decisions throughout are reasoned, learned, and well-informed by the secondary literature. Strengths include the way Pao runs his “subversion and accommodation” lens throughout the text, demonstrating how the author of the PE navigates Roman imperial culture by accommodating to it when possible without compromise but then also by subverting it when essential for the preservation of the gospel and the identity of the church as the household of God. Pao's volume is also among the first major commentaries in English on the PE to incorporate consistently the insights of modern linguistics into his exegetical conclusions, including the latest discussions on verbal aspect and the middle voice.

– Christopher A. Beetham, Theologische Literaturzeitung 150/4, April 2025.
Author’s Preface

Introduction
 1 Unity of the Pastoral Epistles
 2 Early Reception of the Pastoral Epistles
 3 Authorship
 4 Historical Setting
 5 Genre
 6 Purpose
 7 Outline

Introduction Bibliography
General Bibliography
Grammatical Analysis Short Titles

1 Timothy
 I Opening Salutation 1:1–2
 II Danger of the False Teachers 1:3–20
 III Worship of God the Savior of All 2:1–15
 IV Household of God as the Bulwark of the Truth 3:1–16
 V False Teachers and Their Deception 4:1–16
 VI Needs of Different Groups in the Church 5:1–6:2a
 VII False teachers and Their Use of Wealth 6:2b–19
 VIII Final Words to Timothy 6:20–21

Titus
 I Opening Salutation 1:1–4
 II In Response to the False Teachers 1:5–16
 III Responsibilities of Household Members 2:1–15
 IV Responsibilities of Believers to the Wider Society 3:1–11
 V Final Words to Titus 3:12–15

2 Timothy
 I Opening Salutation 1:1–2
 II Thanksgiving 1:3–5
 III Call to Timothy to Be Faithful 1:6–18
 IV Call to Timothy to Be Committed 2:1–26
 V Living in the Last Days 3:1–4:8
 VI Human Desertion and Divine Presence 4:9–18
 VII Final Word to Timothy 4:19–22

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Publisher:
Brill
Language:
English
Pages:
X, 831
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004681545

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