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020			_a9781575064468
041			_a0 eng
082			_a227.8306
082			_bD579-T51
100			_aThornton, Dillon T.
100			_eAuthor
245			_aHostility in the house of God
245			_bAn investigation of the opponents in 1 and 2 Timothy
245			_cDillon T. Thornton
260			_aU.S.A
260			_bEisenbrauns
260			_c2016
300			_a322tr.
300			_bHardcover
300			_c23cm
520			_aVirtually 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 that derived from the complexity of Paul's views. He also argues that the author of the books of Timothy engaged with the false teachers in significant ways throughout the letters, and draws attention to a number of literary and theological maneuvers that were intended to counteract the opponents' influence and/or to bolster the faithful community's confidence as it struggled against the opponents. Thornton's meticulous investigation sheds new light on the hostility that plays such a large part in 1 and 2 Timothy.
650			_aBible -- Timothy -- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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