Pauline Language and the Pastoral Epistles

Jermo van Nes (Ph.D., 2017) is Senior Researcher at the Evangelical Theological Faculty in Leuven, Belgium. He has published academic articles in leading journals devoted to the study of the New Testament, including New Testament Studies, Novum Testamentum, Zeitschrift für die neutestamentliche Wissenschaft, and the Journal for the Study of the New Testament.

• ContentsAcknowledgementsList of TablesList of FiguresList of AbbreviationsIntroductionPart 1The Linguistic Problem of the Pastoral Epistles1 Origins of the Problem: Founding Figures1.0 Introduction1.1 E. Evanson1.2 F. D. E. Schleiermacher1.3 J. G. Eichhorn1.4 H. J. Holtzmann1.5 P. N. Harrison1.6 Conclusion2 Constituents of the Problem: Linguistic Peculiarities2.0 Introduction2.1 Peculiarities of Vocabulary2.1.1 Grecisms2.1.2 Un-Paulinisms2.2 Peculiarities of Syntax2.2.1 Ὡς2.2.2 Articles2.2.3 Prepositions2.2.1 Univariate Statistics2.2.2 Multivariate Statistics2.3 Conclusion3 Solutions to the Problem: Authorship Hypotheses3.0 Introduction3.1 Orthonymity Hypotheses3.1.1 Statistical Fallacies3.1.2 Derivative Words3.1.3 Preformed Traditions3.1.4 Age3.1.5 Addressees3.1.6 Subject Matter3.1.7 Textuality (versus Orality)3.1.8 Stylistic Adaptation3.1.9 Register3.1.1 Luke3.1.2 Tychicus3.2 Pseudonymity Hypotheses3.2.1 Luke3.2.2 Timothy3.2.3 Polycarp3.3 Partial Orthonymity Hypotheses3.4 ConclusionPart 2The Linguistic Problem of the Pastoral Epistles Reconsidered4 Approaching the Problem: Methodological Considerations4.0 Introduction4.1 Linguistic Criticism4.2 Towards a Linguistic Analysis of the Corpus Paulinum4.2.1 Consistency Model4.2.2 Resemblance Model4.2.3 Population Model4.2.1 Quantitative Analysis4.2.2 Qualitative Analysis4.2.1 Post-Pauline Interpolations?4.2.2 Co-authors and/or Secretaries?4.3 Conclusion5 Pauline Vocabulary: New Perspectives5.0 Introduction5.1 Hapax Legomena5.1.1 Quotations5.1.2 Proper Nouns5.1.3 Productivity5.1.4 Age5.2 Lexical Richness5.2.1 Emotionality5.2.2 Age5.2.3 Topicality5.2.4 Textuality (versus Orality)5.3 Missing Indeclinables5.3.1 Subjectivity5.3.2 Emotionality5.3.3 Textuality (versus Orality)5.4 Conclusion6 Pauline Syntax: New Perspectives6.0 Introduction6.1. Interclausal Relations6.1.1 Parataxis6.1.2 Hypotaxis6.1.1 Age6.1.2 Textuality (versus Orality)6.2 Structural Irregularities6.2.1 Parentheses6.2.2 Anacolutha6.2.3 Ellipses6.2.1 Emotionality6.2.2 Textuality (versus Orality)6.3 ConclusionConclusionAppendix 1 Hapax Legomena in the Corpus PaulinumAppendix 2 Lexical Richness in the Corpus PaulinumAppendix 3 Missing Indeclinables in the Corpus PaulinumAppendix 4 Interclausal Relations in the Corpus PaulinumAppendix 5 Structural Irregularities in the Corpus PaulinumBibliographyIndex of Modern Authors

"It would be difficult to overstate the significance of this contribution to the study of the Pastoral Epistles. Any future work on the language of the Pastoral Epistles or the authorship question will have to reckon with this study. The work is careful and judicious. The presentation is clear and helpfully delineated."- Ray Van Neste, Union University, JETS 62.2 (June 2019)."Die gut gegliederte und gut lesbare Studie bereichert und erweitert die bestehende Diskussion."- Bernhard Mutschler, Ludwigsburg, Theologische Literaturzeitung 144 (2019)."Van Nes sets a new standard for precision in the study of linguistic variation in the Corpus Paulinum (....) He offers a formidable case against those who deny Pauline authorship of the PE on the basis of language (...)This book is important for all Pauline scholars and essential for scholars of the PE."- Christopher R. Hutson, Abilene Christian University, The Journal of Theological Studies, NS May 2019.