Epistle Research Articles

Review of Jay Twomey, The Pastoral Epistles Through the Centuries

Robert Seesengood reviews Jay Twomey, The Pastoral Epistles Through the Centuries (Malden: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009).

Who Heard What in Paul’s Epistle to the Romans?

Who Heard What in Paul’s Epistle to the Romans?

Solidarity Perfected: Beneficent Christology in the Epistle to the Hebrews – By Kevin B. McCruden

Solidarity Perfected: Beneficent Christology in the Epistle to the Hebrews – By Kevin B. McCruden

The Epistles of St Symeon the New Theologian. Edited by H. J. M. TURNER.

The Epistles of St Symeon the New Theologian. Edited by H. J. M. TURNER.

The Concept of Submission in the Epistle to the Philippians

The Concept of Submission in the Epistle to the Philippians

The Intertextuality of the Epistles: Explorations of Theory and Practice – Edited by Thomas L. Brodie, Dennis R. MacDonald, and Stanley E. Porter

The Intertextuality of the Epistles: Explorations of Theory and Practice – Edited by Thomas L. Brodie, Dennis R. MacDonald, and Stanley E. Porter

The characteristics and the roles of the Aramaic epistles in Ezra 1-6.

The characteristics and the roles of the Aramaic epistles in Ezra 1-6.

1 Tim 5:6 and the Notion and Terminology of Spiritual Death : Hellenistic Moral Philosophy in the Pastoral Epistles.

A close relationship exists between 1 Timothy and Hellenistic philosophy, especially Stoicism and (Middle) Platonism. A remarkable parallel is found between I Tim 5:1-2 and Hierocles the Stoic's doctrine of oakeiosis. A similar parallel between the notion of spiritual death, as it is expressed in 1 Tim 5:6 and in broadly contemporary authors influenced by Roman Stoicism and Middle Platonism, proves that the author of 1 Timothy knew and adapted conceptions drawn from the Hellenistic moral lore and philosophy of his day. In 1 Tim 5:6 the notion of the spiritual death of the immoral person appears connected both to Paul and to the philosophical landscape of the early Empire (Middle-Platonic and Neo-Stoic). Philo occupies an important place in this tradition, which has remarkable developments in Origen. 1 Tim 5:6 is basic for Origen's conception of spiritual death. The author of 1 Timothy has a deep knowledge of Hellenistic philosophy, especially Stoicism and Platonism, not only of single points or details, but of crucial philosophical conceptions, which he consciously employs for his own paraenetic discourse. This proves consistent with the long-recognised fact that the Pastoral Epistles represent an attempt at adapting Christian Pauline communities to their Hellenistic cultural environment and making them less suspect in the eyes of Graeco-Roman society.

Pedro Alfonso's Contribution to Astronomy

This article treats successively the following themes: biographical notes on Pedro Alfonso (Moshe Sefardi); Pedro Alfonso's classification of the sciences as presented in his Disciplina clericalis ; scientific collaboration between Pedro Alfonso and Walcher of Malvern; Walcher's early studies in Oriental astronomy under the supervision P. Alfonso; closer study of these developments in medieval science; Alfonso's Epistola to the scholars of Europe; the proem to this Epistola ; an analysis of the Tables or Canons of Astronomy attributed to P. Alfonso; P. Alfonso's position on astrology as presented in the introduction to that work; the relation between these Canons and the Tables of al-Khwārizmī; the problems this presents with regard to the translation by Adelard of Bath; the likelihood of a collaboration between P. Alfonso and Adelard of Bath; concluding remarks and the astronomical data contained in Pedro Alfonso's polemical work Dialogus Petri et Moysei iudei .

Ovid's Quarrel with His Poetry: Epistulae Ex Ponto 3.3

Ovid's Quarrel with His Poetry: <I>Epistulae Ex Ponto</I> 3.3

Iskandar ibn Aḥmad’s Epistle in Refutation of Christians

Iskandar ibn Aḥmad’s Epistle in Refutation of Christians

Book Review: Colossians as a Post-Pauline Epistle

Book Review: Colossians as a Post-Pauline Epistle

Commentaries on St. Paul’s Epistles to Timothy, Titus, and Philemon

Commentaries on St. Paul’s Epistles to Timothy, Titus, and Philemon

Purity and Worldview in the Epistle of James – By Darian R. Lockett

Purity and Worldview in the Epistle of James – By Darian R. Lockett

Book Review: Purity Language and the Epistle of James

Book Review: Purity Language and the Epistle of James

Submission within the Godhead and the Church in the Epistle to the Philippians: An Exegetical and Theological Examination of the Concept of Submission in Philippians 2 and 3 – By M. Sydney Park

Religious Studies ReviewVolume 35, Issue 1 p. 59-59 Submission within the Godhead and the Church in the Epistle to the Philippians: An Exegetical and Theological Examination of the Concept of Submission in Philippians 2 and 3 – By M. Sydney Park Nijay K. Gupta, Nijay K. Gupta Durham UniversitySearch for more papers by this author Nijay K. Gupta, Nijay K. Gupta Durham UniversitySearch for more papers by this author First published: 06 March 2009 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-0922.2009.01321_30.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume35, Issue1March 2009Pages 59-59 RelatedInformation

The Letters to Philemon, the Colossians, and the Ephesians: A Socio‐rhetorical Commentary on the Captivity Epistles – By Ben Witherington III

Reviews in Religion & TheologyVolume 16, Issue 2 p. 194-196 The Letters to Philemon, the Colossians, and the Ephesians: A Socio-rhetorical Commentary on the Captivity Epistles – By Ben Witherington III Edward Mackenzie, Edward Mackenzie Birmingham Christian CollegeSearch for more papers by this author Edward Mackenzie, Edward Mackenzie Birmingham Christian CollegeSearch for more papers by this author First published: 24 February 2009 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9418.2008.00419_9.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume16, Issue2March 2009Pages 194-196 RelatedInformation

Word about Recent Book: I. Bibical Studies: The Letters to Philemon, the Colossians, and the Ephesians: A Socio-Historical Commentary on the Captivity Epistles

Word about Recent Book: I. Bibical Studies: The Letters to Philemon, the Colossians, and the Ephesians: A Socio-Historical Commentary on the Captivity Epistles

Prose Epistulae in Martial

Prose Epistulae in Martial

H. Tsumura: &lt;I&gt;A Study on The First Epistle of John&lt;/I&gt;

H. Tsumura: &lt;I&gt;A Study on The First Epistle of John&lt;/I&gt;