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The Dictionary of Paul and His Letters is a one-of-a-kind reference work. Following the format of its highly successful companion volume, the Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels, this Dictionary is designed to bring students, teachers, ministers and laypeople abreast of the established conclusions and significant recent developments in Pauline scholarship. No other single reference works...

speaking in tongues in any letter other than 1 Corinthians has given rise to two possible yet conflicting explanations. Either (1) this phenomenon was so widespread among NT churches that Paul saw no need to mention it except where it was being abused (at Corinth), or (2) Paul chose not to mention this “problematic” charism to the Romans (Rom 12:6–8) or the Ephesians (Eph 4:11) when he addressed other charismatic phenomena, because he did not want to encourage the use or spread of this gift. Those