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The Portrait of Paul in the Miletus Speech and 1 Thessalonians
Steve Walton, London Bible College, Northwood
May 2007
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9780521036382
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    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.

    • A full comparison of the Miletus speech with a single Pauline letter
    • Identifies and compares Lukan and Pauline understandings of Christian leadership
    • Provides clear and reliable criteria for identifying parallels between different NT authors

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    'This excellent revised Sheffield PhD by a gifted lecturer at the London Bible College investigates by literary and thematic analysis the relationship of the picture of Paul in Acts to the Paul who wrote at least seven of the epistles … Those writing PhDs and commentaries on Acts will want to consult this work …' Theological Book Review

    'In addition, Walton's volume contributes to the understanding of Christian leadership in the NT …' European Journal of Theology

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    May 2007
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    9780521036382
    272 pages
    216 × 140 × 17 mm
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    Contents

    Table of Contents

    • Acknowledgements
    • Abbreviations
    • 1. Why study the Miletus speech?
    • 2. Are parallels in the eye of the beholder?
    • 3. The Miletus speech in context
    • Excursus 1: the text and translation of acts 20.28b
    • 4. The Miletus speech and Luke's Gospel
    • Excursus 2: the text of Luke 22.17–20
    • 5. The Miletus speech and 1 Thessalonians
    • 6. The Miletus speech, Ephesians and 2 Timothy
    • 7. Concluding reflections
    • Bibliography
    • Index of ancient texts
    • Index of modern authors
    • Index of subjects.
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    • Steve Walton , St Mary's University College, London

      Steve Walton is a New Testament scholar who is Research Fellow at St Mary's University College, Twickenham, and Hon. Research Fellow at Tyndale House, Cambridge. He previously taught New Testament at London School of Theology and St John's College, Nottingham. He has written widely in New Testament Studies and serves as chair of the Acts seminar of the British NT Conference, and co-chair of the steering committee of the Acts Section of the Society of Biblical Literature.

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