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