Timeline for To what do the "books" refer in 2 Tim 4:13?
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| May 11 at 15:41 | comment | added | Nephesh Roi | My sincere thanks to you Ray Butterworth. I have cited the Peshitta rendering with due credit to you. God bless you. | |
| May 11 at 15:38 | comment | added | Nephesh Roi | Book of Moses (Mark 12:26), book of Isaiah (Luke 3:4 and 4:17), book of Psalms (Luke 20:42 and Acts 1:20), book of Prophets (Acts 7:42), book of Law (Gal 3:10) etc. Often “book” in the NT referred to OT. Though I am not certain about it, I read somewhere that there was a Temple copy of the Scripture (in the Temple in Jerusalem) that was the most accurate of all copies. As an apostle Paul could have acquired one copy of that for his mission work. Together with his study notes and other scribbling, he left the books and the parchments in the bag (phelones) with Carpus. | |
| May 11 at 15:37 | history | edited | Nephesh Roi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 10 at 18:55 | comment | added | Dan Moore | @RayButterworth. I love the φαιλόνης observation. I own a reproduction of a Roman cista (basket), as used for holding scrolls, and as seen with many statuaries. Now I'm curious to go chase this angle! That would make more sense than desiring a "cloak"! Am going to go upvote you! | |
| May 10 at 18:43 | comment | added | Ray Butterworth | My answer to "Are verses like 2 Timothy 4:13 of exegetical and hermeneutic significance?" contains similar and complementary ideas. ¶ If you find any of them useful, feel free to incorporate them here without credit. | |
| May 10 at 18:35 | comment | added | Dan Moore | Thanks, Nephesh. Am not quite following the argument that "the books" must refer to the OT. Would not the Christians in Rome have had ready access to the OT? There was certainly a large Jewish presence there, so there must have been more than a few copies of the law, prophets, and writings floating about, yes? | |
| May 10 at 15:49 | history | answered | Nephesh Roi | CC BY-SA 4.0 |