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| + | The '''Epistle to Titus''', often written as simply, '''Titus''', is the seventeenth book in the [[New Testament]]. It is a letter written in ancient Greek around 80-190 CE to a man named Titus. The epistle is often grouped with the [[First Epistle to Timothy]] and the [[Second Epistle to Timothy]] as the Pastoral Epistles. | ||
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| + | ==Authorship and Dating== | ||
| + | According to Christian tradition, this letter was written by Paul the Apostle to his disciple Titus around 67 CE. However, like much of the New Testament, both the authorship and date are in dispute and most scholars suggest an unknown author writing from 80 CE to as late as 190 CE, long after Paul was dead. | ||
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| + | There are no known original manuscripts. The oldest fragment is Papyrus 32, dated to around 220–225 CE. | ||
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| + | ==Content== | ||
| + | The author tells the recipient to avoid evil, do good, and be extremely obedient, and also greatly disparages women. | ||
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| + | ==Status== | ||
| + | This letter is in the public domain. I have several translations of this book from various bibles, and have read the NIV translation. | ||
==Review== | ==Review== | ||
| − | More of the same. Like most of the epistles, the author writes | + | ===Good=== |
| + | * Nothing. | ||
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| + | ===Bad=== | ||
| + | * More of the same. Like most of the epistles, the author writes the obvious: do good things and avoid doing bad things. He puts forth a black and white dichotomy where everything that is bad is horribly evil, and everything that is good, is pure and divine. This is an unrealistic outlook on life. | ||
| + | * Humorously, the author describes genealogies as unprofitable and useless (3:9), but [[old testament]] books are peppered with long genealogies, and even the gospels of [[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] and [[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] begin with them. | ||
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| + | ===Ugly=== | ||
| + | * The author doesn't seem to know what "good" means. To him, it's "good" if women are chaste, busy at home, and subject to their husbands (2:3) and that slaves are obedient and faithful to their masters (2:9). | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistle_to_Titus en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistle_to_Titus] - Wikipedia. | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistle_to_Titus en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistle_to_Titus] - Wikipedia. | ||
| + | * [https://librivox.org/group/360 librivox.org/group/360] - LibriVox - King James Version. | ||
| + | * [https://librivox.org/group/220 librivox.org/group/220] - LibriVox - American Standard Version. | ||
| + | * [https://librivox.org/group/383 librivox.org/group/383] - LibriVox - World English Translation. | ||
| + | * [https://librivox.org/group/364 librivox.org/group/364] - LibriVox - Weymouth New Testament. | ||
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Revision as of 12:46, 25 August 2020
Titus in the Codex Sinaiticus, c. 350 CE.
The Epistle to Titus, often written as simply, Titus, is the seventeenth book in the New Testament. It is a letter written in ancient Greek around 80-190 CE to a man named Titus. The epistle is often grouped with the First Epistle to Timothy and the Second Epistle to Timothy as the Pastoral Epistles.
Authorship and Dating
According to Christian tradition, this letter was written by Paul the Apostle to his disciple Titus around 67 CE. However, like much of the New Testament, both the authorship and date are in dispute and most scholars suggest an unknown author writing from 80 CE to as late as 190 CE, long after Paul was dead.
There are no known original manuscripts. The oldest fragment is Papyrus 32, dated to around 220–225 CE.
Content
The author tells the recipient to avoid evil, do good, and be extremely obedient, and also greatly disparages women.
Status
This letter is in the public domain. I have several translations of this book from various bibles, and have read the NIV translation.
Review
Good
- Nothing.
Bad
- More of the same. Like most of the epistles, the author writes the obvious: do good things and avoid doing bad things. He puts forth a black and white dichotomy where everything that is bad is horribly evil, and everything that is good, is pure and divine. This is an unrealistic outlook on life.
- Humorously, the author describes genealogies as unprofitable and useless (3:9), but old testament books are peppered with long genealogies, and even the gospels of Matthew and Luke begin with them.
Ugly
- The author doesn't seem to know what "good" means. To him, it's "good" if women are chaste, busy at home, and subject to their husbands (2:3) and that slaves are obedient and faithful to their masters (2:9).
Links
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistle_to_Titus - Wikipedia.
- librivox.org/group/360 - LibriVox - King James Version.
- librivox.org/group/220 - LibriVox - American Standard Version.
- librivox.org/group/383 - LibriVox - World English Translation.
- librivox.org/group/364 - LibriVox - Weymouth New Testament.
