A Text centred rhetorical analysis of Paul's Letter to Titus

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accept or tolerate unqualified teachers. According to him, this is an untenable situation, because the spiritual progress, namely, faith and knowledge, of a church, depends upon the quality of the leadership. Paul is thus establishing himself as the supreme example of an authorised servant; one who has the right to speak to the church. However, unlike the situation envisioned in the Letter to the Galatians, here it is clear that Paul’s authority or credibility is not under attack. Paul is not writing to defend his ministry. He can reasonably be said to set himself up as an example of legitimised ministry and as one that has the right to address the church. 2.2.1.2 Emphasising legitimate teaching a) References of a doctrinal nature Paul’s ministry is directed towards the faith and knowledge (kata; pivstin … kai; ejpivgnwsin) of the church or the elect of God (ejklektw`n qeou`). Thus, these two specific areas comprise the realm of legitimate ministry. It is a very specific knowledge that is the focus of attention, namely knowledge of “the truth” (ajlhqeiva" th`"). Through an intricate series of prepositional phrases, Paul develops the twin concepts of faith and knowledge to their ethical conclusion, expanding it through a series of prepositional phrases. The preposition katav features prominently in this opening section: kata; pivstin ejklektw`n (1:1), katÆ eujsevbeian (1:1), katÆ ejpitaghvn (1:3), and kata; koinh;n pivstin (1:4). According to Wallace (1996:377), one of the basic functions of katav with the accusative is to indicate standard, in which instance it is then translated as “in accordance with” or “corresponding to”. However, in the first instance above, the preposition is best understood to indicate the purpose of Paul’s service and apostleship (Bernard, 1980 [1899]:155). Thus, his ministry is “for the purpose of (the) faith”, to further the faith (Knight, 1992:283), “for (the) faith” (Mounce, 2000:379; Quinn 1990:62), or “in the interest of faith” (Hendriksen, 1957:340). The repetition of the preposition, in this section, serves as a rhetorical technique that adds to the cohesiveness of this section. Interestingly, the unusual repetition of this preposition is located rather PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com 65
strategically throughout this section forming what could be seen as an inclusio: kata; pivstin … (1:1) katÆ eujsevbeian … (1:1) katÆ ejpitagh;n … (1:3) kata; (koinh;n) pivstin (1:4) While some take a different view, the second instance of the preposition also indicates purpose. This time it is not related to Paul but rather to faith and knowledge. Faith and knowledge have as their goal or outcome, the godliness of the elect. Faith is emphasised through the repetition of the word pivsti~ (1:1, 4) as well as through paranomasia of the same word group: pivsti~ (1:1, 4) and pisteuvw (1:3) in this section: Godliness in turn, is motivated by, or premised upon, the hope of eternal life (1:2). Paul is meticulous in defining knowledge. He uses the genitive to limit the meaning to “knowledge of the truth” (ejpivgnwsin ajlhqeiva" th`"). Here, “the truth”, modified by the article, constitutes the gospel, in particular that body of objective truth. Faith of God’s elect, knowledge, the truth and godliness specify the parameters of legitimate ministry. In the first place, there is a specific group or category of people that are related to God in a particular manner. God elected them. Thus, they are His. Next, the legitimate ministry relates to a specific body of truth, namely ajlhqeiva" th`" kat j eujsebeian. The purpose of the apostolic ministry is to bring about a behavioural or ethical adjustment (eujsevbeia) in view of the life to come. The certainty of this hope is guaranteed. Paul bases his argument upon the integrity of the divine or the reliability of God, specifying that His ethical character is ajyeudhv". He continues to emphasise that this hope was never dependent upon man. God promised it, God brought it about. Through the use of temporal references, namely, pro; crovnwn aijwnivwn (1:2) and kairoi`" ijdivoi" (1:3), Paul ensures that no credit accrues at any stage to any human being. His argument is based on divine authorisation and divine initiation. The hope PDF created with pdfFactory Pro trial version www.pdffactory.com 66
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A TEXT-CENTRED RHETORICAL ANALYSIS
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DECLARATION I declare that the diss
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SECTION 2 RHETORICAL ANALYSIS 2.1 R
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SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 OVERVIEW
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The content of the authorship debat
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consistently identified as pioneer
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J. Quinn. Their list of scholars ad
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Uncharacteristic Pauline theology:
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Another technique is personificatio
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the apostle adopts to persuade his
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Most commentators treat ejxousivai
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person. Interestingly, both instanc
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2.2.8 Titus 3:3: Evoking disgust wi
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purpose while Mounce (2000:446) bel
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negative. Paranomasia and the metap
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conformity to the divine example. I
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as traditional, with verse 3 as an
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aptism effected by the Holy Spirit
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exclusively or that this constitute
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through self-vilification in the op
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crhstovth" and filanqrwpiva of God
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ejpoihvsamen hJmei`" (works) ajlla;
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these titles. The future appearance
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The certainty and completeness of t
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The next two words in v. 7 are exam
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their salvation by God. The divine
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discourse. In this regard, consider
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two groups is accentuated and the d
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Verse 9 opens with the adversative
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awareness of the insidiousness of f
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This is a very tight unit, carefull
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turn, requires the presence of soun
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closing greeting to the Cretans inv
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SECTION 3 CONCLUSION In Section 1,
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7: Titus 3:1-2: Persuading the Cret
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apostles and lay leaders appointed
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In unit 7 (3:1-2), the relationship
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The second objective is to highligh
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These four objectives may be summar
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expected manner can look forward to
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f. Arguments based on the use of vi
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m. Example. For example, in 3:4-7 G
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ehaviour expected of older men. In
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Aageson, J. W. (1997).
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Everts, J. M. (1993). Hope Dictiona
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Lea, D. and H. P. Griffin (1992). 1
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Sumney, J. L. (1996). “A Reading
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ABSTRACT This study has been conduc
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In Section 3 the results of the stu
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amanuensishipotese en die allonieme
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KEY TERMS 1. Pastoral Letters 2. Rh
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