NT014-812 - The Pastoral Epistles (English)

  • 2,976 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • Category developing unit
    B
  • new testamentUnit Discipline

Corequisites

NT002-512, NT002-712 or NT003-512, NT003-712

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code NT623. Unit exclusions: NT015-612, NT015-712, NT015-812, NT024-612, NT024-712, NT024-812, NT025-612, NT025-712, NT025-812 (if the Pastoral Epistles option has been chosen)

Set Text

This unit counts towards the "set text" unit requirements of courses.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

1. Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding of the Pastoral Epistles in the English text

B. Be able to

1.Examine the ‘introductory’ issues in understanding the Pastoral Epistles

2. Evaluate alternative interpretations of the themes and theological teachings of the Pastoral Epistles

3. Exegete selected passages of the English text of the Pastoral Epistles

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying the teaching of the Pastoral Epistles to contemporary Christian living and ministry practice

Content

1. An introduction to the Pastoral Epistles to be studied, including questions of authorship, date, destination and occasion with attention to the wider social and cultural context of the recipient churches.

2. Exegesis of the English text of the whole of the Pastoral Epistles.

3. Exploration of the theology of the Pastoral Epistles including their understanding of Christ, salavation, the church and ministry.

4. Contemporary implications of the Pastoral Epistles for leadership, ministry, cross-cultural ministry and ministry preparation including engagement with the text on specific issues students are facing in their ministry.

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.

 

Campbell, A., “’Do the work of an Evangelist’” EQ 64 (1992), 117-29.

Donfried, K. P. and I. H. Marshall, The Theology of the Shorter Pauline Epistles  (Cambridge: CUP, 1993).

Ellis, E. E., Pauline Theology: Mininstry and Society. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989).

Harding, M., What Are They Saying About the Pastoral Epistles? (New York : Paulist Press, 2001).

Harding, M., Tradition and Rhetoric in the Pastoral Epistles. Studies in Biblical Literature 3. (New York: Peter Lang, 1998).

Kidd, R. M., Wealth and Beneficence in the Pastoral Epistles. SBLDS 122. (Atlanta: Scholars, 1990).

Kostenberger, A. J. and T. L. Wilder, Entrusted with the Gospel: Paul’s Theology in the Pastoral Epistles. (B&H Publishing, 2010).

Marshall, I. H., “The Christology of the Pastoral Epistles.” SNT(SU) 13 (1988), 157-77.

Marshall, I. H., “Faith and Works in the Pastoral Epistles.” SNT(SU) 9 (1984), 203-18.

Prior, M., Paul the Letter Writer and the Second Letter to Timothy. JSNTS 23 (Sheffield: JSOT, 1989).

Towner, P. H., “Christology in the letters to Timothy and Titus” in Contours of Christology in the New Testament. R. N. Longenecker (ed.) McMaster New Testament Studies 7. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005), 219-44.

Towner, P. H.,  “Gnosis and Realised Eschatology in Ephesus (of the Pastoral Epistles) and the Corinthian Enthusiasm.” JSNT 31 (1987), 95-124.

Witherington, B. III. A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on Titus, 1-2 Timothy and 1-3 John. Letters and Homilies for Hellenized Christians, Volume 1. (Downers Grove: IVP, 2006).

Young, F., The Theology of the Pastoral Letters (Cambridge: CUP, 1994).

 

Commentaries:

Bassler, J. M., 1 Timothy, 2 Timothy, Titus (Nashville: Abingdon, 1996).

Fee, G. D., 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus. New International Biblical Commentary. (Peabody, MA: Henrikson, 1988).

Fiore, B., The Pastoral Epistles: First Timothy, Second Timothy, Titus. (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2007).

Johnson, L. T., The First and Second Letters to Timothy (New York: Doubleday, 2001).

Knight, G. W. III., Commentary on the Pastoral Epistles. NIGTC. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1992).

Marshall, I. H., The Pastoral Epistles (Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark, 1999).

Mounce, W. D., The Pastoral Epistles (Waco: Word, 2000).

Quinn, J. D., The Letter to Titus. (New York: Doubleday, 1990).

Quinn, J. D and W. C. Wacker, First and Second Letters to Timothy (Grand Rapids, Eerdmans, 2000).

Towner, P. H., The Letters to Timothy and Titus (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2006).

 

Cultural Context:

Baugh, S. M., “A Foreign World: Ephesus in the First Century” in A. J. Kostenberger et. al. Women in the Church: A Fresh Analysis of 1 Timothy 2.9-15. (Grand Rapids, Baker, 1995). pp. 13-52.

Harding, M., Early Christian Life and Thought in Social Context : A Reader. (London : T & T Clark, 2003).

Osiek, C. and D. L. Balch, Families in the New Testament World: Households and House Churches. (Louisville, KY: John Knox, 1997).

Theissen, G., The Social Setting of Pauline Christianity. (Philadelphia: Fortress, 1982).

Verner, D. C., The Household of God: The Social World of the Pastoral Epistles. (SBLDS 71. Chico, CA: Scholars, 1983).

Winter, B. W., Roman Wives, Roman Widows: The Appearance of New Women and the Pauline Communities. (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2003).