Timothy Titus Pastorals

1.   (Un)conscious desire to avoid the demand made on a person’s life if these materials are

      true

2.   Anti-supernatural bias (note distinctions between atheistic, agnostic, deistic, neo-

            Scholars look at a number of phenomena in Pauline literature to assess whether Paul actually wrote the piece: (a) words (new words not in Paul, Pauline words not in this writing, Pauline words used in non-Pauline ways), (b) syntax (complex vs. simple sentence structure, Hebraisms and other solecisms), (c) topics addressed, and (d) mood of the writing.

Date:               Fluctuates according to the dating of Paul’s first imprisonment in Rome; not      

Introductory Guidelines

 I. Historical Problem

            Those who  reject  the  Pauline  authorship  of  the  pastoral  epistles  (1  Timoty,  2
Timothy, Titus ) contend that there is no time in Paul’s life as recorded in Acts when he could have written these epistles.