Naked Bible 250: The Pastoral Epistles

Rick Brannan plays a lead role in the production of ancient language resources for Logos Bible Software. He has also published several books on apocryphal gospels, the apostolic fathers, and the Pastoral Epistles. In this episode our focus is Pauline authorship studies relative to the Pastoral Epistles and analyzing the vocabulary of those epistles. Since Rick’s most recent work is on 2 Timothy, we discuss some interesting findings about whether 2 Timothy is really Paul’s “last will and testament” and Paul’s inclusion of angels in charge language (commands) in these epistles.

Rick Brannan Amazon page 

Rick Brannan, Lexical Commentary on the Pastoral Epistles: First Timothy 

Rick Brannan, Lexical Commentary on the Pastoral Epistles: Second Timothy 

Rick Brannan, Greek Apocryphal Gospels, Fragments, and Agrapha: A New Translation

Rick Brannan, Anticipating His Arrival: A Family Guide through Advent 

Rick Brannan, The Apostolic Fathers: A New Translation