Leadership and Lifestyle: The Portrait of Paul in the Miletus Speech and 1 Thessalonians
by Steve WaltonEdition: 1st
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Pub. Date: 2007-04-30
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary
This study contributes to debate about the portraits of Paul in Acts and his epistles by considering Paul's Miletus speech (Acts 20.18b-35) and identifies and compares major themes in Luke and Paul's views of Christian leadership. Comparisons with Jesus' speeches in Luke show how Lukan the speech is and, with 1 Thessalonians, how Pauline it is. The speech calls the Ephesian elders to service after Paul's departure to Jerusalem, focusing on: faithful fulfilment of leadership responsibility; suffering; attitudes to wealth and work; and the death of Jesus. Paul models Christian leadership for the elders. Parallels in Luke highlight his view of Christian leadership - modelled by Jesus and taught to his disciples, and modelled by Paul and taught to the elders. Study of 1 Thessalonians identifies a remarkably similar portrait of Christian leadership. The Miletus speech is close in thought, presentation and vocabulary to an early, indubitably Pauline letter.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgements | p. xi |
| Abbreviations | p. xiii |
| Why Study the Miletus Speech? | p. 1 |
| Are Parallels in the Eye of the Beholder? | p. 34 |
| The Miletus Speech in Context | p. 52 |
| The Text and Translation of Acts 20.28b | p. 94 |
| The Miletus Speech and Luke's Gospel | p. 99 |
| The Text of Luke 22.17-20 | p. 137 |
| The Miletus Speech and 1 Thessalonians | p. 140 |
| The Miletus Speech, Ephesians and 2 Timothy | p. 186 |
| Concluding Reflections | p. 199 |
| Bibliography | p. 215 |
| Index of Ancient Texts | p. 240 |
| Index of Modern Authors | p. 253 |
| Index of Subjects | p. 255 |
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