TY - BOOK AU - Van Nes,Jermo TI - Pauline language and the Pastoral Epistles: a study of linguistic variation in the Corpus Paulinum T2 - Linguistic biblical studies, SN - 9789004358423 AV - BS2655.L3 V36 2017 U1 - 227/.066 23 PY - 2017/// CY - Leiden, Boston PB - Brill KW - Bible KW - Epistles of Paul KW - Language, style N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- The Linguistic Problem of the Pastoral Epistles -- Origins of the Problem: Founding Figures -- Constituents of the Problem: Linguistic Peculiarities -- Solutions to the Problem: Authorship Hypotheses -- The Linguistic Problem of the Pastoral Epistles Reconsidered -- Approaching the Problem: Methodological Considerations -- Pauline Vocabulary: New Perspectives -- Pauline Syntax: New Perspectives -- Conclusion -- Back Matter -- Hapax Legomena in the Corpus Paulinum -- Lexical Richness in the Corpus Paulinum -- Missing Indeclinables in the Corpus Paulinum -- Interclausal Relations in the Corpus Paulinum -- Structural Irregularities in the Corpus Paulinum -- Bibliography -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors; Available to subscribing member institutions only N2 - In Pauline Language and the Pastoral Epistles Jermo van Nes questions the common assumption in New Testament scholarship that language variation is necessarily due to author variation. By using the so-called Pastoral Epistles (PE) as a test-case, Van Nes demonstrates by means of statistical linguistics that only one out of five of their major lexical and syntactic peculiarities differs significantly from other Pauline writings. Most of the PE’s linguistic peculiarities are shown to differ considerably in the Corpus Paulinum , but modern studies in classics and linguistics suggest that factors other than author variation account equally if not better for this variation. Since all of these explanatory factors are compatible with current authorship hypotheses of the PE, Van Nes suggests to no longer use language as a criterion in debates about their authenticity UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004358423 ER -