Much historical-critical work on the opponents in the Pastoral
Epistles has resulted in sweeping generalizations concerning their
Jewish and/or Gnostic nature. Literary analyses have been somewhat
more promising in focusing on the stereotypical nature of the
polemic, but either fail to do justice to the urgency of the
language in the Pastorals or do not provide a convincing
description of the opponents. Pietersen approaches the problem of
the opponents from a socio-scientific perspective. Utilizing
labelling theory and social control theory from the sociology of
deviance, he argues that the Pastorals function as a literary
version of a status degredation ceremony whereby previously
influential insiders within the community are transformed into
outsiders. This is volume 264 in the Journal for the Study of the
New Testament Supplement series.
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