1–2 Timothy, Titus

Annette Bourland Huizenga serves as assistant dean and associate professor of New Testament at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary (Dubuque, Iowa). Her research interests include the Pauline letters and communities, women in the early church, households in the Roman Empire, and ancient moral-philosophical education. These subjects all come into play in her first book Moral Education for Women in the Pastoral and Pythagorean Letters. She has written several articles about the expectations for women's behavior, clothing, and virtues in the ancient world. In 2015, the University of Dubuque awarded Dr. Huizenga with the William L. Lomax Award for excellence in Teaching and Advising. Barbara E. Reid, general editor of the Wisdom Commentary series, is a Dominican Sister of Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is the Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP Distinguished Professor of New Testament Studies, and president emerita of Catholic Theological Union (the first woman who held the position). She has been a member of the CTU faculty since 1988 and also served as vice president and academic dean from 2009 to 2018. She holds a PhD in biblical studies from The Catholic University of America and was president of the Catholic Biblical Association in 2014–2015. Her most recent publications are Luke 1–9 and Luke 10–24, co-authored with Shelly Matthews (WCS 43A, 43B; Liturgical Press, 2021); and At the Table of Holy Wisdom: Global Hungers and Feminist Biblical Interpretation (Paulist, 2023).

• ContentsList of Abbreviations    ixAcknowledgments    xiList of Contributors    xiiiForeword: “Come Eat of My Bread . . . and Walk in the Ways of Wisdom”    xviiElisabeth Schüssler FiorenzaEditor’s Introduction to Wisdom Commentary:“She Is a Breath of the Power of God” (Wis 7:25)    xxiBarbara E. Reid, OPAuthor’s Introduction: Gendered Letters    xli1 Timothy 1   Order and Disorder    11 Timothy 2   Praying Men and Silenced Women    101 Timothy 3   Leaders for the Household of God     311 Timothy 5   Older Women/Older Men    501 Timothy 6   Home Economics: Enslavement and Wealth    692 Timothy 1   A Letter from “Father” to “Son”    972 Timothy 2   Manly Men    106 2 Timothy 3   Insiders and Outsiders    1152 Timothy 4   Take It Like a Man    126Titus 1   Rungs on the Social Ladder    133Titus 2   Staying in Your Place    145Titus 3   Orderliness Is Next to Godliness    174Conclusion    181Works Cited   185Index of Scripture References and Other Ancient Writings    191Index of Subjects    201

"Huizenga has written an extremely insightful, richly informed, and very readable commentary on the Pastoral Epistles. Her searching analysis defines the patriarchal tenor of the letters with cutting precision, showing how this ideology once worked and works still. This study is an impressive example of feminist biblical criticism, well attuned to the rhetorical cast of the epistles and their socio-historical location. The commentary also features nicely integrated excerpts from other women commentators, which enrich the discussion and symbolize a collaborative interpretive method. I highly recommend this commentary to both students and teachers."Charles H. Cosgrove, Professor of Early Christian Literature, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary