This book offers a clear, thoughtful portrait of early Christian understandings of leadership by studying Paul's speech at Miletus (Acts 20.18b-35). Dr. Walton compares the picture found there with Luke's presentation of Jesus' model of leadership and Paul's self-portrait in 1 Thessalonians. It will assist scholars in considering Luke's portrait of Paul in Acts by providing helpful criteria for identifying parallel ideas, as well as by showing that Luke and Paul are very close in their understanding of how Christian leaders are to lead.
Author(s): Steve Walton
Series: Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series 108
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 272
Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 5
Title......Page 7
Copyright......Page 8
Dedication......Page 9
CONTENTS......Page 11
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 13
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 15
1 WHY STUDY THE MILETUS SPEECH?......Page 17
1.1.1 Three schools of thought......Page 18
1.1.2 Vielhauer and Haenchen......Page 19
1.1.3 Responses to Vielhauer and Haenchen......Page 22
Methodological responses......Page 23
Evidential responses......Page 25
1.1.4 The relevance of the Miletus speech......Page 28
1.2.1 The case for no knowledge......Page 30
1.2.2 The case for knowledge......Page 31
1.2.3 Responses to the case for knowledge......Page 32
1.3 Review of previous work on the speech......Page 33
1.3.1 Pauline tradition......Page 34
Style criticism......Page 35
Redaction criticism......Page 37
1.3.3 Farewell speech as genre......Page 43
1.3.5 An attempt to re-set the agenda......Page 44
1.3.6 Narrative-critical approaches......Page 45
1.3.7 Rhetorical-critical approaches......Page 46
1.4 Orientation of this study......Page 48
2.2 Parallelism in Luke-Acts......Page 50
2.2.1 Rackham......Page 51
2.2.2 Goulder......Page 53
2.2.3 Talbert......Page 55
2.3 What kind of unity have Luke and Acts?......Page 56
2.4 A hierarchy of connections......Page 60
2.5 Acts and the Pauline parallels......Page 63
2.5.1 Why focus on one letter?......Page 64
2.5.2 The use of criteria......Page 66
2.6 Conclusion......Page 67
3.1 Immediate context......Page 68
3.2.1 Is there a genre ‘farewell speech’?......Page 71
Jewish examples......Page 72
Graeco-Roman examples......Page 74
Conclusion......Page 76
Contents......Page 77
Discussion......Page 79
3.3 Structure......Page 82
Greek sentence structure......Page 83
Repetitions......Page 85
3.3.2 Chiastic structure?......Page 87
3.3.3 A proposed structure......Page 90
3.4.1 Verses 18–21: retrospect......Page 91
3.4.2 Verses 22–4: the future of Paul in Jerusalem......Page 93
3.4.3 Verses 25–27: prospect and retrospect......Page 94
3.4.4 Verses 28–31: a charge to the elders......Page 97
3.4.5 Verses 32–5: conclusion......Page 98
3.5.1 Faithful fulfilment of leadership responsibility......Page 100
3.5.2 Suffering......Page 103
3.5.3 The attitude to wealth and work......Page 105
3.5.4 The death of Jesus......Page 107
The correct reading......Page 110
Translation and meaning......Page 112
4.1.2 Parallels in Luke's Gospel......Page 115
Occasion......Page 116
Contents......Page 117
4.2.2 Suffering to come......Page 120
4.2.3 The efficacy of the death of Jesus......Page 123
4.2.4 Leadership......Page 126
4.2.5 Money and work......Page 131
4.2.6 Summary......Page 133
4.3 Luke 12.1–53......Page 134
4.3.1 Leadership......Page 135
4.3.2 Suffering......Page 138
4.3.3 Money......Page 140
4.3.4 Other verbal parallels......Page 141
4.3.5 Summary......Page 143
4.4 Luke 21.5–36......Page 144
4.5.1 Luke 7.38, 44......Page 146
4.5.2 Luke 9.2......Page 148
4.5.3 Luke 10.3......Page 149
4.6 Conclusion: leadership......Page 150
EXCURSUS 2: THE TEXT OF LUKE 22.17–20......Page 153
5.1.1 Why 1 Thessalonians?......Page 156
5.1.2 Our approach to parallels......Page 157
The use of the plural......Page 158
5.2.2 Date......Page 160
The date of the letter......Page 161
The nature of the letter......Page 163
Exigencies of the letter......Page 166
Eschatology......Page 167
Persecution in Thessalonica......Page 168
Ecstatic manifestations......Page 169
Paul defending himself......Page 170
Conclusions on exigencies......Page 172
Verbs of knowing......Page 173
Paul’s ‘defence’......Page 175
The call to the Thessalonian leaders......Page 176
Paul's own suffering......Page 179
A Christian attitude to suffering......Page 182
1 Thessalonians 2.5ff, 9......Page 183
1 Thessalonians 4.11f; 5.14......Page 185
5.3.4 The death of Jesus......Page 188
5.3.5 Conclusions......Page 189
5.4.1…......Page 190
5.4.2…......Page 192
Tò…......Page 193
(‘O)…......Page 194
5.4.4 The teaching of Jesus as the basis for ethical exhortation......Page 195
5.4.5…......Page 196
5.4.6…......Page 197
5.4.7…......Page 198
5.5 Leadership in 1 Thessalonians......Page 199
5.6 Conclusions......Page 201
6.1 Ephesians and the Miletus speech......Page 202
6.1.1 Evaluation of proposed parallels......Page 204
6.2. 2 Timothy and the Miletus speech......Page 208
6.2.1 Schmithals' evidence......Page 209
6.3 Conclusion......Page 214
7.1 Review and summary of results......Page 215
7.2 Implications for study of the Miletus speech......Page 217
7.2.1 The Miletus speech in Luke-Acts......Page 218
Schulze......Page 219
Aejemelaus......Page 221
7.3 Implications for the Paul of Acts/Paul of the epistles debate......Page 228
7.4 Future work suggested by this study......Page 229
Texts and translations......Page 231
Reference tools......Page 232
Articles, books, dissertations, etc.......Page 233
INDEX OF ANCIENT TEXTS......Page 256
INDEX OF MODERN AUTHORS......Page 269
INDEX OF SUBJECTS......Page 271
