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Paul’s relationship with his co-worker Timothy is one of the more wellknown partnerships in the New Testament. This chapter suggests that Paul’s letters are not utterly collectivistic. Rather, Paul and Timothy fall on a continuum of individualism and collectivism, displaying degrees of each throughout the Epistles. Moreover, a measure of individualism (however great or small) was necessary given both the way that Paul encouraged his churches and the way that he related to co-workers like Timothy. Bruce Malina’s research demonstrates an approach of social-scientific exegesis that is distinct from others and that can be referred to as the “social-psychological” approach. The chapter analyzes the application of social-psychological research to Paul and Timothy’s views of themselves and of others. Malina makes a number of overstatements about the psychology of Paul and Timothy that do not adequately deal with the textual material. Keywords:Bruce Malina; collectivism; individualism; New Testament; Paul; Pauline; social-psychological research; Timothy |
