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Drawing from many parts of the broad Christian tradition, this commentary on First and Second Timothy and Titus helps readers gain a stronger understanding of early Christian ministry in the first two centuries. Paideia commentaries show how the texts use ancient narrative and rhetorical strategies to form and shape the reader and provide a fresh reading of the biblical texts in light of ancient...

(Quinn 1990a; Pervo 1994; Häfner 2007; Zamfir 2013, 5–10). For Richard I. Pervo (1994), the best analogy is posed by the letters of Chion of Heraclea, but those letters have a clear plot, which is difficult to discern in the PE. Gerd Häfner (2007) argues for the sequence 1 Timothy→Titus→2 Timothy, which tracks Paul’s geographical movements from east to west, ending in Rome, though Paul’s movements from Ephesus to Macedonia and back (1 Tim. 1:3; 3:14) do not fit into a simple east-to-west scenario.
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