Boris A Paschke
The cura morum of the Roman Censors as Historical Background for the Bishop and Deacon Lists of the Pastoral Epistles
Introduction
With regard to ancient parallels to the required qualifications for , and listed in 1Tim 3,1–13 and Tit 1,5–9 a clear consensus among recent commentators of the Pastoral Epistles exists. In (consciously) following the much older works of Jacobus Wettstein, Martin Dibelius, and Anton Vögtle they all point towards the so-called Berufspflichtenlehren, i.e. duty codes for a specific occupation, of the Greco-Roman world. Donald Guthrie, for instance, writes: “In Greek circles parallel lists were current for various occupations, such as kings, generals, midwives. The qualities required for Christian administrators are strikingly similar in many particulars.”
Zeitschrift für die Neutestamentliche Wissenschaft und die Kunde der Älteren Kirche, Walter de Gruyter
Print ISSN: 0044-2615
Volume: 98, 01/2007
Pages: 105 - 119
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