Leadership and Lifestyle: The Portrait of Paul in the Miletus Speech and 1 Thessalonians (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series)

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. 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 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. 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 Why Study The Miletus Speech -- Are Parellels Inn The Eye Of The Beholder -- The Miletus Speech In Context -- The Miletus Speech And Luke's Gospel -- The Miletus Speech And 1 Thessalonians -- The Miletus Speech, Ephesians And 2 Timothy -- Concluding Reflections. Steve Walton. Originally Presented As The Author's Thesis (doctoral)--university Of Sheffield, 1997. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 215-239) And Indexes. This book offers a clear, thoughtful portrait of early Christian understandings of leadership and compares Luke's presentation of Jesus' model of leadership and Paul's self-portrait in 1 Thessalonians. It identifies parallel ideas and shows how close Luke and Paul are in their understanding of how Christian leaders are to lead