Research Catalog

Title

Paul and the Greco-Roman philosophical tradition / edited by Joseph R. Dodson and Andrew W. Pitts.

Publication

London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury T&T Clark 2017.

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Additional Authors

• Dodson, Joseph R.
• Pitts, Andrew W.

Series Statement

Library of New Testament studies ; 527

Uniform Title

Library of New Testament studies ; 527.

Subject

• Bible. Epistles of Paul > Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Classical philosophy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Foreword / roels Engberg-Pedersen -- Introduction / Andrew W. Pitts -- Paul and the Militia Spiritualis Topos in 1 Thessalonians / Nijay K. Gupta -- Elements of Apocalyptic Eschatology in Seneca's Writings and Paul's Letters / Joseph R. Dodson -- Paul and Aristotle on Friendship / David E. Briones -- Bruce Winter and the Language of Benefaction in Romans 13.3 / Andrew W. Pitts and Bahij Ajluni -- Powers, Baptism and the Ethics of the Stronger : Paul among the Ancient Political Philosophers / Niko Huttunen -- Divine Causation and Prepositional Metaphysics in Philo of Alexandria and the Apostle Paul / Orrey McFarland -- Paul and Pan(en)theism / Runar M. Thorsteinsson -- The Wilderness Tradition in 1 Corinthians, Wisdom of Solomon and Hebrews / Madison N. Pierce --j Natural Hair : A 'New Rhetorical' Assessment of 1 Cor. 11.14-15 / Timothy A. Brookins -- Gendered Exegesis of Creation in Philo (De Opificio Mundi) and Paul (1 Corinthians) / Jonathan Worthington -- Early Conceptions of Original Sin : Reading Galatians through Philo's De Opificio Mundi / Gitte Buch-Hansen -- Death as an Ethical Metaphor in Seneca's Writings and in Paul's Letter to the Romans / Mathias Nygaard -- The Nature of True Worship : Reading Acts 17 with Seneca, Epistle 95 / Brian J. Tabb.

Call Number

JFE 18-5820

ISBN

• 9780567657916
• 0567657914

LCCN

2017024237

OCLC

988864525

Title

Paul and the Greco-Roman philosophical tradition / edited by Joseph R. Dodson and Andrew W. Pitts.

Publisher

London, UK ; New York, NY, USA : Bloomsbury T&T Clark 2017.

Description

xviii, 300 pages : 1 illustration ; 25 cm

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Library of New Testament studies ; 527

Library of New Testament studies ; 527.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Summary

This volume provides a fresh examination of the relationship of Greco-Roman philosophy to Pauline Christianity and an in-depth look at different approaches currently employed by scholars who draw upon philosophical settings in the ancient world to inform their understanding of Paul. The book is divided into two sections, one consisting of essays that situate Greco-Roman philosophy as a social setting for Pauline Christianity, and one consisting of exegetical studies dealing with various passages where motifs emerging from ancient philosophical culture provide illumination. The chapters summarize the state of the discussion on Paul's relationship to the Greco-Roman philosophical tradition, examine obstacles to positioning Paul in relation to ancient philosophy, compare different approaches, and compile the diverse methodologies into a single comparative study. It then interrogates several philosophical motifs for the exegetical insights that they may yield when interpreting Paul's letters.

Added Author

Dodson, Joseph R., editor.

Pitts, Andrew W., editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 18-5820