chris
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Timothy
Aug 7, 2014 13:19:33 GMT -5
Post by chris on Aug 7, 2014 13:19:33 GMT -5
Hi ! I'm a 1st year seminary student and considering doing a linguistics study around Timothy,the person, NOT the books. To further that study it would be helpful to have source material from out side the accepted canon. Has anyone got any suggestions for such material? It would also be helpful to get any background information on Timothy that might be around.
Thanks. C/
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Timothy
Aug 8, 2014 22:54:59 GMT -5
Post by Dave on Aug 8, 2014 22:54:59 GMT -5
I have looked in the nooks that I use and I didn't see anything substantial.
But, I am looking
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Timothy
Aug 10, 2014 17:39:24 GMT -5
Post by Dave on Aug 10, 2014 17:39:24 GMT -5
All I have found so far that you may not have access to is the Coptic Commentary
The letter was written to Paul's associate Timothy, who was stationed in Ephesus on special assignment (1:3). The Ephesian Church was at this time threatened by a serious pastoral crisis, with teachers and shepherds leading the flock away from the certainties of divine revelation into the mists of conjecture and speculation (1:3-7; 6:3-5). Timothy was charged with the difficult task of repairing the damage done by these troublemakers, two of whom Paul was forced to excommunicate (1:20) when he passed through on his way to Macedonia (1:3). Unable to return immediately, Paul wrote to admonish Timothy and authorize his mission to help this struggling congregation to safety.
The bulk of the letter, which is personal in tone and informal in arrangement, covers the gamut of Timothy's pastoral responsibilities. Paul was counting on him to stabilize the Church with sound doctrine (4:6-7; 6:20) and the appointment of reliable pastors to shepherd the flock (3:1-13; 5:22). Among the congregation, he was to encourage prayer (2:1-8), set limits on the dress and conduct of women (2:9-15), attend to his liturgical duties (4:13), show respect for parishioners of all ages (5:1-2), manage the support of widows (5:3-16), take a public stand against wrongdoers (5:20), and, above all, keep himself unstained by sin (4:12; 5:22; 6:11-14). As a loyal friend and traveling assistant of the apostle, Timothy was well suited for this task, as he had been sent on previous assignments to other young Churches in Corinth (1 Cor 4:17), Philippi (Phil 2:19), and Thessalonica (1 Thess 3:2). «
I am still looking
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