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Pauline Communities as 'Scholastic Communities': A Study of the Vocabulary of 'Teaching' in 1 Corinthians, 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus

by Claire S. Smith

  • Paperback
  • 569 pages
  • Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
  • 15.6 x 23.1 x 2.9 cm

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For students of Pauline sociology and teaching.

Shows how Paul's churches functioned as classrooms.

Discover the vertical and human side of discipleship.

This study investigates the sociological dimensions of Pauline communities, revealing them as vibrant places of learning and growth.

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Edwin Judge's description of early Christian communities as 'scholastic communities' provides the starting point of a search for a sociological description of the Christian communities portrayed in 1 Corinthians, 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus. An original methodology uses a multi-layered exegetical approach to study every occurrence of the vocabulary of 'teaching' in the letters. The focus is on the activity of teaching (e.g., participants, method, manner, purpose, result, etc). The vocabulary represents ten semantic groupings, which shed further light on the place and practice of education in the communities ( core-teaching, speaking, traditioning, announcing, revealing, worshipping, commanding, correcting, remembering / imitation, and false teaching ). Claire S. Smith supports and develops Judge's 1960 description, advancing on it by showing that the communities are better described as 'learning communities' with horizontal (human-human) and vertical (divine-human) dimensions.
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  • Title

    Pauline Communities as 'Scholastic Communities': A Study of the Vocabulary of 'Teaching' in 1 Corinthians, 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus

  • Author

    Claire S. Smith

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Mohr Siebeck

  • Published

    November 2012

  • Weight

    868g

  • Page Count

    569

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.1 x 2.9 cm

  • ISBN

    9783161519635

  • ISBN-10

    3161519639

  • Eden Code

    4930538