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Hostility in the House of God: an “Interested” Investigation of the Opponents in 1 and 2 Timothy Hostility in the House of God: An “Interested” Investigation of the Opponents in 1 and 2 Timothy Dillon T. Thornton A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy University of Otago Dunedin, New Zealand December 2014 i Abstract To my knowledge, Pietersen’s study (2004) is the only monograph published in the last twenty years that has focused on the opponents in the Pastoral Epistles, but his work is not exegetical. In this thesis, I concentrate on 1 and 2 Timothy, the two letters purportedly dispatched to Ephesus. I assemble the relevant pericopae of the letters and offer an exegetical analysis of them, with the intention of providing, first, a composite sketch of the ideology of the opposing group and, second, an in-depth account of the way the faithful Pauline community was to engage these opponents. The first chapter of the thesis is devoted to preliminary issues and methodology. I argue that 1 and 2 Timothy constitute two types of letter, both dispatched in the late first century to the Christian community in Ephesus, each addressing a stage of the conflict in which the community was engaged. I further argue that the polemical portions of the letters reveal specific information about this conflict. I then formulate a stringent method for the study of Paul’s opponents. I summarize and critique historical-critical methodologies and bring the most recent work on theological interpretation of Scripture into dialogue with these methodologies. The result is a new approach to the study of opponents, one that remains rigorously tethered to the primary text and that is characterized by ecclesial concern. In chapters two to six, I apply this method to 1 and 2 Timothy. In chapter two, I offer an exegetical analysis of the explicit units of 1 Timothy, those units where we have clear and certain reference to the opponents (1:3-7, 18-20; 4:1-5; 6:2b-5, 20-21a). Chapters three and four focus on the implicit units in 1 Timothy, those units where we have highly probable reference to the opponents (1:8-11; 2:9-15; 4:6-10; 5:9-16; 6:6-10). In chapter five, I turn to 2 Timothy, analyzing the three explicit units (2:14-26; 3:1-9; 4:1- 5) and the one implicit unit of the letter (2:8-13). In chapter six, I bring together the full gamut of data uncovered in the exegetical chapters, offering overall conclusions about the opponents in 1 and 2 Timothy. As a follow-up to this, I enumerate what I perceive to be the most important implications of the findings for the house of God today. My findings may be summarized as follows. I conclude 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. ii Each doctrinal and ethical issue raised in the explicit and implicit units of the letters can be explained as a distortion of Pauline doctrine. Additionally, I contend that the opponents had an active “didactic/evangelistic ministry” in Ephesus, for which they received remuneration. They likely set out to recruit as large a following, and as large an income, as possible, but found a particularly fruitful field among the women in Ephesus. As I formulate my view of the opponents, I critique a number of the extant theories, including “Gnostic,” Jewish, and Proto-Montanist identifications. I also conclude that the author engages with the false teachers in significant ways throughout the letters. I draw attention to a number of literary and theological maneuvers that are intended to counteract the opponents’ influence and/or to bolster the faithful community’s confidence as they struggle against the opponents. These include the way the author turns features of the opponents against them, his use of the faithful saying formula, the way he relates the Triune God and the principal adversary, Satan, to the opponents, and the way the author portrays the gospel as an unstoppable force in his own ministry. Though the author pictures the opponents as enemies of God, he also highlights the fact that the opponents are not beyond the reach of God’s grace; thus, Timothy is called to minister the saving word to them. In the explicit and implicit units, the author instructs Timothy to occupy himself with five specific activities: reflection on his commissioning and on the apostolic gospel, rejection of the opponents’ claims, proclamation of the healthy teaching, demonstration of the gospel in actions that are pleasing to God, and correction of the false teachers themselves. The wider faithful community is at least implicitly included in the activities of rejection, demonstration, and correction. iii Contents in Brief Abstract …………………………………………………………………………….. i Abbreviations ………………………………………………………………….… x Acknowledgments …………………………………………………………………. xvii Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………. 1 Chapter 1: Methodology …………………………………………………………... 10 Chapter 2: Exegetical Analysis of Explicit Units in 1 Timothy …………………... 54 Chapter 3: Exegetical Analysis of Implicit Units in 1 Timothy 1-3 …………. 116 Chapter 4: Exegetical Analysis of Implicit Units in 1 Timothy 4-6 ……….… 164 Chapter 5: Exegetical Analysis of Explicit and Implicit Units in 2 Timothy …. 212 Chapter 6: Theological-Ethical Collision in Ephesus ……………………….… 282 Conclusion ………………………………………………………………………..... 331 Bibliography …………………………………………………………………………. 335 iv Contents in Full Abstract …………………………………………………………………………….. i Abbreviations ………………………………………………………………….… x Acknowledgments …………………………………………………………………. xvii Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………. 1 I. A Cloudy Conflict for the Church ……………………………………………………. 1 II. Recent Research ……………………………………………………………………. 3 III. Designations and Delimitation ………………………………………………….… 6 A. “Pastoral Epistles” ……………………………………………………………. 7 B. “Opponents” ……………………………………………………………. 7 C. The Exclusion of Titus ……………………………………………………. 8 IV. The Plan for the Present Work ……………………………………………………. 8 Chapter 1: Methodology …………………………………………………………... 10 Introduction …………………………………………………………………………... 10 I. Approaching 1 and 2 Timothy as Letters …………………………………………... 10 A. The Author and Destination of 1 and 2 Timothy …………………………... 10 B. 1 Timothy as an Epistolary Version of the Mandata Principis ………..…. 15 C. The Purpose, Motif, and Basic Structure of 1 Timothy …………………... 18 D. 2 Timothy as a Personal Paraenetic Letter Nonpareil ………………...… 20 E. The Purpose, Motif, and Basic Structure of 2 Timothy …………………... 23 F. The Polemical Parts of the Letters …………………………………………... 25 II. Analyzing the Opponents in 1 and 2 Timothy ………………………………...… 30 A. Gathering Principles: A Survey of Previous Methods for Identifying Opponents …………………………………………………... 31 1. Nils Dahl (1967) …………………………………………………... 31 2. Joseph Tyson (1968) …………………………………………... 31 3. C.J.A. Hickling (1975) ………………………………………...… 32 4. John M.G. Barclay (1987) …………………………………………... 33 5. Jerry Sumney (1990, 1999, 2005) …………………………………... 35 B. Critiquing the Procedure: Problems Associated with the Standard Historical Critical Approach …………………………………... 37 1. A Nomenclatural Objection …………………………………... 38 2. A Hermeneutical Objection …………………………………... 41 3. An Ecclesiastical Objection ………………………………...… 44 C. Constructing a New Method: An “Interested” Investigation of the Opponents in 1 and 2 Timothy …………………………………………... 47 1. Redirecting the Path: From “Who?” to “What?” and “How?” …... 47 2. Outlining the Steps of Our Investigation ………………………...… 50 Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………... 52 Chapter 2: Exegetical Analysis of Explicit Units in 1 Timothy …………………... 54 Introduction ………………………………………………………………………...… 54 I. Promulgation of Deviant Doctrine in Ephesus (1 Tim 1:3-7) …………………... 54 v A. Paul Reaffirms His Orders to Timothy: Remain in Ephesus and Restrain Those Who Oppose the Apostolic Gospel (vv. 3-4) …………... 54 1. Timothy Must Command the Opponents Not to Teach Deviant Doctrine (v. 3) ………………………………...… 54 2. Timothy Must Command the Opponents Not to Dwell on Fables and Fanciful Ancestries (v. 4) ………………………...… 59 B. Paul Differentiates Timothy’s Commission from the Opponents’ Ambition (vv. 5-7) …………………………………………………………... 63 1. The Goal of Timothy’s Commission is Visible Expression of the Apostolic Gospel (v. 5) …………………………………... 63 2. The Opponents Have Missed This Goal and Turned to a Powerless Message (v. 6) …………………………………………... 66 3. The Opponents’ Ambition is to Instruct Others, Though They Themselves are Ignorant (v. 7) …………………………………... 69 C. Summary of the Pericope …………………………………………………... 71 II. Protection of the Gospel and Education of the Deviant Ones (1 Tim 1:18-20) ………………………………………………...… 72 A. Timothy’s Commissioning is a Source of Strength as He Defends the Apostolic Gospel (vv. 18-19a) …………………………………... 72 B. Those Who Oppose the Apostolic Gospel Must Be Disciplined (vv. 19b-20) …………………………………………………... 75 C. Summary of the Pericope …………………………………………………... 79 III. Evil Doctrines, Erroneous Practices, and a Good Creation (1 Tim 4:1-5) …... 80 A. The Opponents in Ephesus Are among the Eschatological Enemies of God (vv. 1-2) …………………………………………………... 80 1. The Opponents’ Message Originates in the Evil Spiritual Realm (v. 1) …………………………………………………... 80 2. The Opponents’ Consciences and Lives Bear Satan’s Mark (v. 2) …………………………………………………... 84 B. The Opponents Promote Asceticism; Paul Counters with Creationism (vv. 3-5) …………………………………………………... 86 1. The Opponents Enforce Abstinence from Marriage and Select Foods (v. 3a) …………………………………………... 86 2. Paul Combats with a Proper Theology of Creation (vv. 3b-5) …………………………………………………..
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