Corpus-Paul

[Edgar Krentz <ekrentz AT sbcglobal.net>]

I have not responded because I cannot really take such double naming 
seriously in the Greco-Roman
world. Itwould be highly interesting for Richard fellows to submit his 
Timothy=Titus hypothesis to
the classics list. I suspect it would be heartily rejected.

Edgar Krentz

--- "Matthew A. Eby" <ebymatt AT yahoo.com> wrote:

> I have subscribed to this list for nearly five years now, and have seen 
> Richard
> Fellows' thesis on Titus-Timothy raised on numerous occasions during this 
> time
> (going back, at least, to discussions also involving Epaphras=Epaphroditus 
> and
> Loukas=Loukios around 6-17-01 and 7-19-01, respectively). Each time, 
> however, I
> have been surprised at how few members get involved in the fray. Shall I 
> assume
> that the silence is indicative of an emerging consensus? Lack of interest? 
> Just
> too busy?
> 
> Of course, Richard has published this thesis (which he is not the first to
> argue, see his footnotes) in a 2001 article entitled "Was Titus Timothy?"
> (_JSNT_ 81): 33-58. I, for one, took it with a grain of salt then, and I 
> still
> do now. However, I do think it has a lot going for it, and I presented it 
> (even
> argued it!) this semester in a grad-level course on 2 Corinthians (although 
> I
> disagree with Richard on not a few details regarding Paul's itinerary and
> correspondence with Corinth).
> 
> What say ye? Is the jury still out? I'd like to hear from a few who have
> actually thought through these issues in any detail.
> 
> Blessings,
> 
> Matthew A. Eby
> Ph.D. Student and Research Fellow
> Wheaton College Graduate School
> 


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