Deborah Krause is Associate Professor of New Testament at Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO. She teaches courses on the interpreters of Paul, Biblical hermeneutics, and Feminist Biblical interpretation. She is an ordained minister within the Presbyterian Church (USA).

• Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Timothy 1.1-20 -- Establishing the Pauline Legacy and Addressing the Context; 1 Timothy 1.1-2 A Greeting to Timothy from Paul; 1 Timothy 1.3-11 Warnings against 'other' teachings; 1 Timothy 1.12-17 Paul's Personal Example of God's Mercy in Christ; 1 Timothy 1.18-20 A Charge to Timothy with a warning; 1 Timothy 2.1-3.13 --Ordering the Community; 1 Timothy 2.1-15 On Prayer and Worship; 1 Timothy 2.1-7 --Prayers for secular leaders; 1 Timothy 2.8-18 --Men and women; 1 Timothy 3.1-13 On Bishops and Deacons --Ideal Men; 1 Timothy 3.14-4.16 -- Fighting the Opponents; 1 Timothy 3.14-16a Travel details and the purposes of the letter; 1 Timothy 3.16b -- A hymn about Christ and the Church; 1 Timothy 4.1-5 Polemic against opponents; 1 Timothy 4.6-16 Instructions to Timothy; 1 Timothy 5.1-6.2a Instructions on Various Roles in the Church; 1 Timothy 5.1-2 --General Instructions Regarding Age; 1 Timothy 5.3-16 -- Widows; 1 Timothy 5.17-25 -- Elders; 1 Timothy 5.23 -25 Incidental Advice and Proverbial Wisdom; 1 Timothy 6.1-2a -- Slaves; 1 Timothy 6.2b-21 -- More Regarding the Opponents and Closing Thoughts; 1 Timothy 6.2b - 10 Instructions Regarding Opponent's Teaching; 1 Timothy 6.11-16 More Instructions to Timothy; 1 Timothy 6.17-19 Instructions for the Wealthy; 1 Timothy 6.20-21 Closing Greeting to Timothy; Appendix 1 -- 'Paul's Flesh Become Word'; Appendix 2 --Syllabus for a course entitled 'Following Paul. Authority, Church, and Mission in the Canonical and Non-Canonical Interpreters of Paul; Epilogue - The 'Last Word' in the War on Words

"Gives one a good idea of where modern feminist scholarship leads."- J. Alan Branch, Midwestern Journal of Theology

Deborah Krause is Associate Professor of New Testament at Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO. She teaches courses on the interpreters of Paul, Biblical hermeneutics, and Feminist Biblical interpretation. She is an ordained minister within the Presbyterian Church (USA).

• Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Timothy 1.1-20 -- Establishing the Pauline Legacy and Addressing the Context; 1 Timothy 1.1-2 A Greeting to Timothy from Paul; 1 Timothy 1.3-11 Warnings against 'other' teachings; 1 Timothy 1.12-17 Paul's Personal Example of God's Mercy in Christ; 1 Timothy 1.18-20 A Charge to Timothy with a warning; 1 Timothy 2.1-3.13 --Ordering the Community; 1 Timothy 2.1-15 On Prayer and Worship; 1 Timothy 2.1-7 --Prayers for secular leaders; 1 Timothy 2.8-18 --Men and women; 1 Timothy 3.1-13 On Bishops and Deacons --Ideal Men; 1 Timothy 3.14-4.16 -- Fighting the Opponents; 1 Timothy 3.14-16a Travel details and the purposes of the letter; 1 Timothy 3.16b -- A hymn about Christ and the Church; 1 Timothy 4.1-5 Polemic against opponents; 1 Timothy 4.6-16 Instructions to Timothy; 1 Timothy 5.1-6.2a Instructions on Various Roles in the Church; 1 Timothy 5.1-2 --General Instructions Regarding Age; 1 Timothy 5.3-16 -- Widows; 1 Timothy 5.17-25 -- Elders; 1 Timothy 5.23 -25 Incidental Advice and Proverbial Wisdom; 1 Timothy 6.1-2a -- Slaves; 1 Timothy 6.2b-21 -- More Regarding the Opponents and Closing Thoughts; 1 Timothy 6.2b - 10 Instructions Regarding Opponent's Teaching; 1 Timothy 6.11-16 More Instructions to Timothy; 1 Timothy 6.17-19 Instructions for the Wealthy; 1 Timothy 6.20-21 Closing Greeting to Timothy; Appendix 1 -- 'Paul's Flesh Become Word'; Appendix 2 --Syllabus for a course entitled 'Following Paul. Authority, Church, and Mission in the Canonical and Non-Canonical Interpreters of Paul; Epilogue - The 'Last Word' in the War on Words

"Gives one a good idea of where modern feminist scholarship leads."- J. Alan Branch, Midwestern Journal of Theology

Deborah Krause is Associate Professor of New Testament at Eden Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO. She teaches courses on the interpreters of Paul, Biblical hermeneutics, and Feminist Biblical interpretation. She is an ordained minister within the Presbyterian Church (USA).

• Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Timothy 1.1-20 -- Establishing the Pauline Legacy and Addressing the Context; 1 Timothy 1.1-2 A Greeting to Timothy from Paul; 1 Timothy 1.3-11 Warnings against 'other' teachings; 1 Timothy 1.12-17 Paul's Personal Example of God's Mercy in Christ; 1 Timothy 1.18-20 A Charge to Timothy with a warning; 1 Timothy 2.1-3.13 --Ordering the Community; 1 Timothy 2.1-15 On Prayer and Worship; 1 Timothy 2.1-7 --Prayers for secular leaders; 1 Timothy 2.8-18 --Men and women; 1 Timothy 3.1-13 On Bishops and Deacons --Ideal Men; 1 Timothy 3.14-4.16 -- Fighting the Opponents; 1 Timothy 3.14-16a Travel details and the purposes of the letter; 1 Timothy 3.16b -- A hymn about Christ and the Church; 1 Timothy 4.1-5 Polemic against opponents; 1 Timothy 4.6-16 Instructions to Timothy; 1 Timothy 5.1-6.2a Instructions on Various Roles in the Church; 1 Timothy 5.1-2 --General Instructions Regarding Age; 1 Timothy 5.3-16 -- Widows; 1 Timothy 5.17-25 -- Elders; 1 Timothy 5.23 -25 Incidental Advice and Proverbial Wisdom; 1 Timothy 6.1-2a -- Slaves; 1 Timothy 6.2b-21 -- More Regarding the Opponents and Closing Thoughts; 1 Timothy 6.2b - 10 Instructions Regarding Opponent's Teaching; 1 Timothy 6.11-16 More Instructions to Timothy; 1 Timothy 6.17-19 Instructions for the Wealthy; 1 Timothy 6.20-21 Closing Greeting to Timothy; Appendix 1 -- 'Paul's Flesh Become Word'; Appendix 2 --Syllabus for a course entitled 'Following Paul. Authority, Church, and Mission in the Canonical and Non-Canonical Interpreters of Paul; Epilogue - The 'Last Word' in the War on Words

"Gives one a good idea of where modern feminist scholarship leads."- J. Alan Branch, Midwestern Journal of Theology