At the 2025 SBL Annual Meeting, the Children in the Biblical World Section and the Disputed Paulines Section held a joint session in which several scholars addressed childhood in the Pastorals. All but one of the papers are now available in Lexington Theological Quarterly 56 (2026) and can be accessed through the links below:
John Martens, St. Mark’s College at UBC
“Hide and Go Seek: Methods for Finding Children in the Biblical World”
Margaret MacDonald, Saint Mary’s University (Halifax)
“Early Childhood Education: Models of Learning in the Pastoral Epistles”
Marianne Bjelland Kartzow
“Are All Children Children? Rethinking Intersectional Families in the Pastoral Epistles”
Mona Tokarek LaFosse, Emmanuel College of Victoria University in the University of Toronto
“The Role of Children in the Age Hierarchy of 1 Timothy”
Amy Lindeman Allen, Christian Theological Seminary
“Living Faith: 2 Timothy as a Model of Generational Faith Transmission”
Christopher Hutson (Abilene Christian University)?
“Responsive Remarks on Children in the Pastoral Epistles”
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