The Lord Will Reveal the Lord

God’s Invisibility and Jesus’ Visibility in 1 Timothy

in Horizons in Biblical Theology
Author: David H. Wenkel 1
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1 Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Chicago, IL, USA
Online Publication Date:
17 Oct 2017
Volume/Issue:
Volume 39: Issue 2
Article Type:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/18712207-12341354
Keywords:
proto-Trinitarian; persons; God; Christology; monotheism; invisibility; visibility
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Abstract

The first pastoral epistle to Timothy follows a relatively traditional Jewish doctrine in the context of second temple Judaism: God is one “whom no one has ever seen or can see” (1 Timothy 6:16). This parallels a statement in chapter one in which God is described as “invisible” (1 Timothy 1:17). In both statements, the invisibility of God is contrasted with the visible quality of Jesus’ spiritual power or his second appearing. This paper argues that the Jewish monotheistic doctrine of God has been developed in a proto-Trinitarian manner by utilizing the qualities of invisibility and visibility.

The Lord Will Reveal the Lord

God’s Invisibility and Jesus’ Visibility in 1 Timothy

in Horizons in Biblical Theology
E-ISSN:
1871-2207
Print ISSN:
0195-9085
Publisher:
BRILL
Cover Horizons in Biblical Theology

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Page Count:
197–210
Subjects:
Biblical Interpretations, Biblical Studies, General, Biblical Studies
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands 2017

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