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Letters and Homilies for Hellenized Christians, Volume I: A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary on Titus, 1–2 Timothy and 1–3 John is unavailable, but you can change that!

Letters and Homilies for Hellenized Christians is the first of three volumes extending Ben Witherington’s innovative socio-rhetorical analysis of New Testament books to the latter-Pauline and non-Pauline corpora. A second volume will continue the focus on letters and homilies for Hellenized Christians (1-2 Peter), while a third will focus on letters and homilies for Jewish Christians (Hebrews,...

the opponents’ views, which are thus hidden from sight. Even … the discussion of the law is not directed at rebutting an opposing position, but rather at establishing the point that doctrine and behavior go hand in hand. This connection then provides the backdrop for all that follows. When the author addresses the behavior of certain groups within the church, the threat of false doctrine [and ethics] hovers in the background, and when the author warns against certain teachers, moral chaos is the
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