3 One Letter, Two Stories: Rhetoric and Crisis

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents viii
3. Table and Figures ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. A Note on Ancient Sources xv
6. Honouring Age 1
7. 1 Why Study Age in 1 Timothy? 3
8. 2 Mediterranean Dynamics of Age Structure and 1 Timothy 19
9. 3 One Letter, Two Stories: Rhetoric and Crisis 53
10. 4 Ideal Behaviour in the “Household of God” (1 Tim. 5:1–2) 80
11. 5 Categorizing Widows: Definitions and Responsibilities 93
12. 6 Why Sixty? 113
13. 7 Younger Widows and Age Hierarchy among Women 148
14. 8 A Believing Woman 176
15. 9 Elders 198
16. 10 Intergenerational Conflict in 1 Timothy: The Big Picture 225
17. 11 The Visibility of Age 245
18. Notes 265
19. References 341
20. Index 369