Acts: and Galatians, 154-55, 177-81, 306n.51; and 2 Timothy, 374-75, 383n.38; as source, 20-26; and Thessalonian correspondence, 191
Antioch incident, 177-81
Antitheses, 364-66
Apamea, 274, 276
Apollos: in Corinthian correspondence, 59-60, 70-71, 95-97; in Titus, 341, 346-48
Apphia, 254, 256, 274
Archippus, 254, 270-71
Aretas datum, 30, 182-89
Aristarchus, 278-80
Asian crisis, 96-97, 121
Athens, Paul’s founding visit to, 188-92, 202
Authenticity. See individual letters
Caesar’s household, 123-24
Chronology, Pauline: dating, 30-31, 182-89, 220-29; difference from framing account, 24-25
Church organization, 357-61
Co-authors, 247n.98
Coherence in Paul’s thought: as problem, 1-10; solution to, 11-13
Collection for Jerusalem: absence from Philemon and Colossians, 282; in Galatians, 122, 157-66; in Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, 28-29, 37-41
Collection, original, of Paul’s letters: content of, 387-91; methodological utility of, 385-86
Colossae, founding visit to, 255, 261-64, 278-80
Colossians: authenticity vs. pseudepigraphy, 276-304; date and provenance, 274-76; implications for frame, 304-9; occasion, 260-68; position in frame, 282; relationship to Ephesians, 32-33, 318-25; relationship to Philemon, 32, 259-60, 270-74
Computer-assisted authorship ascription, 32, 210-16, 250-51, 286-92
Computer-assisted mapping of ancient travel. See ORBIS
Contingency in Paul’s thought: as problem, 1-10; solution to, 11-13
Copies of Paul’s letters, 201-3, 284
Corinth, Paul’s previous letter to, 56-59
Corinth, Paul’s visits to: founding, 188-92, 196, 202; second, 62-63, 80-90, 94-97; third, 39, 62, 305
Corinthian correspondence: events before 1 Corinthians, 56-60; events between 1 and 2 Corinthians, 61-63, 94-97. See also Corinth, Paul’s visits to; Letter of Tears; Travel plans, in Corinthian correspondence
Corinthians, First: date, 187-88; events prior to, 56-60; as Letter of Tears, 69-77; occasion, 78; position in frame, 37-41, 97; provenance, 37
Corinthians, Second: date, 187-88; integrity, 28, 98-121; events prior to, 94-97; opponents in, 142-46; position in frame, 38-41, 97, 121; provenance, 38
Co-senders, in Colossians and 2 Timothy, 372-74
Dating Pauline chronology, 30-31, 182-89, 220-29
Dependence of letters: and Colossians, 283-86; and Ephesians, 321-26; and 1 Thessalonians, 198-203
Deutero-Pauline letters, 14-15. See also Colossians; Ephesians; Thessalonians, Second; Timothy, First; Timothy, Second; Titus
Ecclesiology: and Ephesians, 357-61; and 1 and 2 Timothy, and Titus, 357-61
Edition, original of Paul’s letters: content of, 387-91; methodological utility of, 385-86
Enemies (Judaizers), 133-42, 156-57
Epaenetus, 46-47, 281
Epaphras, 255, 261-64, 278-80
Epaphroditus, 126, 145, 149
Ephesians: addressees of, 310-12; authenticity vs. pseudepigraphy, 309-10, 321-38; date, 336; occasion, 312-17; position in frame and provenance, 318-20; relationship to Colossians, 32-33, 318-25
Eschatology: in Colossians, 295-300; in 1 Thessalonians vs. 1 Corinthians, 200; in 1 Thessalonians vs. 2 Thessalonians, 230-37
Eusebius. See Pastoral epistles: anti-Marcionite provenance
Exigence, implied, 11n.11, 108. See also occasion under individual letters
First Corinthians. See Corinthians, First
First Thessalonians. See Thessalonians, First
First Timothy. See Timothy, First
Forgery. See Pseudepigraphy
Founding visits by Paul, 188-92, 196, 202, 306, 308-9. See also Epaphras
Framing account of Paul’s letters: contribution of John Knox, 26-27; difference from Pauline chronology, 24-25; key steps in, 27-34; significance of, 11-13; sources for, 20-24
Gaian crisis, 31, 220-29
Gaius. See Aretas datum; Gaian crisis
Galatians (letter): and the collection, 157-166; date, 187-88; opponents in, 156-57; and Paul’s second visit to Jerusalem, 177-81; significance for frame, 29, 173-77; position in frame, 166, 171-73; provenance, 166-70
Galatians (people), 306
Galatia, Paul’s visits to, 306n.51; founding visit, 188-89, 308; second visit, 176, 258, 277, 282
Herod Agrippa. See Aretas datum
Herod Antipas. See Aretas datum
Ignatius: corpus of, 399-400; dating of, 401-3. See also Pastoral epistles: anti-Marcionite provenance
Imprisonment epistles. See Colossians; Ephesians; Philemon; Philippians; Timothy, Second
Imprisonment: importance for composing letters, 268-69, 316-17; in years of shadow, 308
“Interim events,” in Corinthian correspondence, 61-63, 94-97
Irenaeus. See Pastoral epistles: anti-Marcionite provenance
Jerusalem, Paul’s visits to, 154, 176-77; first, 26-27, 158-59, 187; second, 26-27, 158-59, 177-81; third, 177. See also Aretas datum
Jerusalem collection: absence from Philemon and Colossians, 282; in Galatians, 122, 157-66; in Romans, 1 and 2 Corinthians, 28-29, 37-41
Judaizers, 133-42, 156-57
Laodiceans, Paul’s letter to: in Colossians, 268-69; Ephesians as, 33, 310-12, 387-91
Letter of Tears: character of, 64-69; 1 Corinthians as, 69-74; and “the offender,” 91-94; and Paul’s second visit to Corinth, 80-90; and Paul’s travel plans, 74-77, 79
Lost letters by Paul: to Corinth, 56-59; to Philippi, 131-38, 155-57, 397-98; (possibly) to Thessalonica, 197, 238
Lycus valley, 274
Man of Lawlessness, 219, 224-28, 235-37. See also Gaian crisis
Marcionite edition of Paul’s letters, 34, 387-91
Method: avoiding circularity, 13-15; handling sources, 20-26; mirror-reading, 133-34; multiple plausible narrativity, 229-30, 238-39, 322
Mirror-reading opponents, 133-34
Multiple plausible narrativity: between Colossians and Ephesians, 322; between 1 and 2 Thessalonians, 229-30, 238-39
Muratorian Canon, 392-93
Nebenadressat, 29; in Galatians, 166-70; methodological utility of, 55; in Philippians, 146-52; in Romans, 52-55
Non-traditional authorship ascription, 32, 210-16, 250-51, 286-92
Occasion, of letters. See Exigence, implied; and individual letters
Onesimus: in Colossians, 263-68; in Philemon, 254-55
Opponents, Paul’s: enemies (Judaizers), in Romans, Galatians, and Philippians, 133-42, 156-57; mirror-reading opponents, 133-34; super-apostles, in Corinthian correspondence, 94-97
ORBIS (computer-assisted mapping of ancient travel, Stanford project), xvii, 32, 87n.43, 95n.48, 256n.4, 258n.8, 276n.28, 277n.29
Partition: as difficulty, 28; editorial activity in antiquity, 44-45, 51; and Paul’s Philippians, 125-33; and Polycarp’s Philippians, 395-98; and Romans, 41-51; and 2 Corinthians, 98-121
Pastoral epistles, 33-34; anti-Marcionite provenance, 392-403; methodological caveats, 339-41. See also Edition, original, of Paul’s letters
Pauline chronology: dating, 30-31, 182-89, 220-29; difference from framing account, 24-25
Pauline letter collection, original: content of, 387-91; methodological utility of, 385-86
Philemon: authenticity, 259-60; date and position in frame, 257-59, 274; occasion, 254-55, 265, 267-68; provenance, 255-57, 276; relationship to Colossians, 32, 259-60, 270-74
Philip. See Aretas datum
Philippians: date, 187-88; integrity, 125-33; opponents in, 133-46; significance for frame, 29, 122-23, 155-57; position in frame, 152-54; provenance, 123-25, 146-52
Philippi: Paul’s founding visit to, 188-92; Paul’s previous letter to, 131-38, 155-57, 397-98
Polycarp. See Pastoral epistles: anti-Marcionite provenance; Partition: and Polycarp’s Philippians
Pontius Pilate. See Aretas datum
Praetorian guard, 123-24
Pseudepigraphy: and methodology, 13-15, 207-15, 247-51; and style, 286-92. See also Colossians; Ephesians; Thessalonians, Second; Timothy, First; Timothy, Second; Titus
Punishments, Roman and Jewish, of Paul, 124n.2, 307-8
Quadratus. See Gaian crisis
Quotation of previous letter: in 2 Corinthians, 104, 133n.13; in Philippians, 131-33
Romans: date, 187-88; integrity, 41-51; opponents in, 139-42; position in frame, 39-41; provenance, 52-55
Second Corinthians. See Corinthians, Second
Second Thessalonians. See Thessalonians, Second
Second Timothy. See Timothy, Second
Secretaries, 247n.98
Shipwreck, 307
Silvanus, 190-92
Slaves/slavery, 271-74
Sources, handling for Pauline chronology, 20-26
Style, statistical analysis of. See Stylometrics
Stylometrics, 32, 210-16, 250-51, 286-92
Super-apostles, 94-97
Temple, Jerusalem. See Gaian crisis
Thanksgiving paragraphs: in 1 Thessalonians, 192n.7, 197n.21, 199; in 2 Timothy, 377-79
Thessalonians, First: authenticity and position in frame, 251-53; authenticity and potential dependence, 198-203; proximity to founding visit, 193-96; sequencing with 2 Thessalonians, 229-47; surrounding events and occasion, 190-93, 196-97
Thessalonians, Second: authenticity and position in frame, 251-53; date, 220-29; occasion, 216-20; problematizing arguments for pseudepigraphy, 204-16, 247-51; sequencing with 1 Thessalonians, 229-47
Thessalonica, Paul’s visits to: founding, 190-92, 194, 244-45; (promised) second visit, 243-44
Tiberius. See Aretas datum
Timothy (person): in Corinthian correspondence, 59, 86, 86n.42; in Philippians, 138, 145, 151-52; in Thessalonian correspondence, 190-97. See also Timothy, First; Timothy, Second
Timothy, First: occasion as problem, 350-53; position in frame as problem, 353-56; provenance as anti-Marcionite, 368, 392-403; problematizing arguments for pseudepigraphy, 356-61; as pseudepigraphy, 361-68
Timothy, Second: occasion, 368-70; position in frame, 370-71; provenance as anti-Marcionite, 383-85, 392-403; as pseudepigraphy, 371-83
Titus (letter): occasion, 341-44; position in frame as problem, 344-48; provenance as anti-Marcionite, 392-403; as pseudepigraphy, 348-50
Titus (person), visits to Corinth, 94-97, 118-19. See also Titus (letter)
Travel, estimation of time for ancient. See ORBIS
Travel plans, in Corinthian correspondence: implications for frame, 74-80; and Letter of Tears, 74; and sequencing Corinthian letters, 40-41
Visits by Paul. See Athens, Paul’s founding visit to; Corinth, Paul’s visits to; Jerusalem, Paul’s visits to; Philippi, Paul’s founding visit to; Thessalonica, Paul’s visits to
Vitellius. See Aretas datum; Gaian crisis
Year of crisis, Paul’s, 188
Years of shadow, Paul’s, 188-89, 305-9; and 1 Timothy, 353; and Titus (letter), 344, 346-47