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We’ve been on Winter Break (Thursday and Friday off, no school), so I’ve been able to do some writing.
When I started on the project in January, I tried to work my way through Philemon. I thought I could get that letter finished and then move on to the PE. I rewrote / restructured / supplemented all the materials on slavery in the NT world, but got really bogged down when I reached the materials dealing with classical rhetoric–NOT my area.
So I’ve set Philemon aside, and now I’m writing the introduction to the PE. Yesterday, I outlined about 35 pages (double-spaced) of material. About 40% of that material needs to be written from scratch. Well, I got TEN PAGES of the “from scratch” part written today. I’m feeling pretty good about the project right now.
Of course, there are midterms and pregistration and prof reviews and taxes to do and a fuel filter to change and . . .
As you’ve likely noticed, there have been several changes here at PastoralEpistles.com.
The biggest change is that there is now more than one blogger. In addition to Rick Brannan (yours truly), Perry L. Stepp, Lloyd Pietersen and Ray Van Neste have agreed to begin posting to PastoralEpistles.com.
Perry is Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Kentucky Christian University. He’s recently had a book published by the Sheffield Phoenix Press, Leadership Succession in the World of the Pauline Circle. He’s also presented papers at SBL in the Disputed Paulines group. It’s great to have him aboard.
There will likely be at least one more blogger added to the team; more information on that in a future post.
Lloyd is a Research Fellow in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Bristol. Here’s some further information on Dr. Pietersen from his web site:
Dr Lloyd Pietersen obtained his PhD from the University of Sheffield. His thesis has been published as The Polemic of the Pastorals: A Sociological Examination of the Development of Pauline Christianity (JSNTSup 264; London/New York: T & T Clark International, 2004). He is currently a Research Fellow in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Bristol and is co-chair of the Social World of the New Testament Seminar at the British New Testament Conference.
Ray is Assistant Professor of Christian Studies and Director of the R.C. Ryan Center for Biblical Studies at Union University. He is also author of Cohesion and Structure in the Pastoral Epistles (JSNTSup 280; Lonon/New York: T&T Clark International, 2004). And he has his own personal blog too.
What is this site all about, then?
Well, it’s about the Pastoral Epistles. Folks who blog here have a more-than-average interest in the Pastorals. We’ll blog about stuff like:
If you’re familiar with the older PastoralEpistles.com site, it is still available at https://www.pastoralepistles.com/oldsite. Content may or may not migrate over to the new site.
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