TY - BOOK AU - Collins,Raymond F. TI - The New Testament library : 1 & 2 Timothy and Titus: a commentary T2 - The New Testament library SN - 0664222471 AV - BS2745.53 .C65 2002 U1 - 226/.807 21 PY - 2002/// CY - Louisville PB - Westminster John Knox Press KW - Bible KW - Pastoral Epistles KW - Commentaries KW - Timotheus (bijbelboeken) KW - Titus (bijbelboek) KW - N.T KW - Timothy, 1st KW - Timothy, 2nd KW - Titus N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages xviii-xxiv) and indexes; Introduction to the Pastoral Epistles -- 1 Timothy -- 2 Timothy -- Titus N2 - The Pastoral Epistles present difficult questions for the modern interpreter, including such matters as their authorship, literary characteristics, and social orientations. Raymond Collins carefully leads the reader through the texts of these three documents, attending to the flow of the Pastor's thought and locating it within the Jewish and Hellenistic culture of his day. The New Testament Library offers authoritative commentary on every book and major aspect of the New Testament, as well as classic volumes of scholarship. The commentaries in this series provide fresh translations based on the best available ancient manuscripts, offer critical portrayals of the historical world in which the books were created, pay careful attention to their literary design, and present a theologically perceptive exposition of the text ER -