Research Catalog

Title

The Epistle to the Ephesians : its authorship, origin, and purpose / by C. Leslie Mitton.

Author

Mitton, C. Leslie.

Publication

Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1951.

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Details

Description

x, 346 pages; 23 cm

Subject

• Paulus <Apostel>
• Bible. > Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Bible
• Bibel
• 11.46 study and interpretation of the New Testament
• Efeziërs (bijbelboek)

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Note

• "This book...apart from the omission of two...essays...is in the same form as a thesis which was accepted by...the University of London for the degree of doctor of philosophy."

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. [ix]-x.

Contents

pt. 1: The findings of the past -- Departures from tradition -- The case against Pauline authorship -- The case for Pauline authorship -- Open verdicts -- The contribution of E.J. Goodspeed -- pt. 2: The relationship of Ephesians and Colossians -- The interdependence of Ephesians and Colossians -- The priority of Colossians -- The bearing of interdependence upon the authorship of Ephesians -- The significance of theological differences -- pt. 3: The relationship of Ephesians to the other Pauline epistles -- The extent of their interdependence -- Comparison between Ephesians and Philippians -- Tests to distinguish between Paul and a Pauline imitator -- The tests applied to Ephesians -- Conflation in Ephesians of passages from the Pauline epistles -- pt. 4: The date of Ephesians -- External evidence for the date -- Evidence from Revelation and the pastoral epistles -- The relationship between Ephesians and I Peter -- The relationship between Ephesians and Acts -- Internal evidence -- Conclusions -- The bearing of authorship on the value of the epistle.

LCCN

• 52007259
• http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb324555317

OCLC

• ocm01352960
• 1352960
• SCSB-167491

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library