Comments on: Podcast 1.11: Legacies of Paul – Women’s leadership, part 1 http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/2008/02/01/podcast-111-legacies-of-paul-womens-leadership-part-1/ Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean houses my podcast, websites, blog, and publications, providing an entryway into social and religious life among Greeks, Romans, Jews, Christians, and others in the Roman empire. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:14:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Richard Fellows http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/2008/02/01/podcast-111-legacies-of-paul-womens-leadership-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-63783 Richard Fellows Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:18:30 +0000 http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/2008/02/01/podcast-111-legacies-of-paul-womens-leadership-part-1/#comment-63783 Thanks once again, Phil. Some comments/questions: 1. You seem quite generous towards the P.E.. Would it not be better to call them forgeries? 2. You seem overly sceptical of Acts. 3. I see no real evidence that the P.E. were written in Asia minor. 1 Tim 1:3 has Paul leave Timothy in Ephesus, which never happened. This shows that the author of the P.E. was ignorant of this detail of Paul's history in Asia, and this argues (weakly) against the P.E. being written in Asia minor. In any case the mention of Ephesus, Lystra, Iconium and Antioch do not demonstrate that the P.E. were written in Asia minor because there is also mention of Crete, for example. Have I missed something? 4. While some have questioned it, I think the majority view is that the Acts of Paul is dependent on the P.E.. This seems to be in tension with the fact that the P.E. and the Acts of Paul are in conflict, as you point out. How can this tension best be resolved? Richard Fellows. Thanks once again, Phil. Some comments/questions:

1. You seem quite generous towards the P.E.. Would it not be better to call them forgeries?

2. You seem overly sceptical of Acts.

3. I see no real evidence that the P.E. were written in Asia minor. 1 Tim 1:3 has Paul leave Timothy in Ephesus, which never happened. This shows that the author of the P.E. was ignorant of this detail of Paul’s history in Asia, and this argues (weakly) against the P.E. being written in Asia minor. In any case the mention of Ephesus, Lystra, Iconium and Antioch do not demonstrate that the P.E. were written in Asia minor because there is also mention of Crete, for example. Have I missed something?

4. While some have questioned it, I think the majority view is that the Acts of Paul is dependent on the P.E.. This seems to be in tension with the fact that the P.E. and the Acts of Paul are in conflict, as you point out. How can this tension best be resolved?

Richard Fellows.

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