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Paul in His Hellenistic Context

Author : Troels Engberg-Pedersen
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780567084262
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (842 download)

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Book Synopsis Paul in His Hellenistic Context by : Troels Engberg-Pedersen

Download or read book Paul in His Hellenistic Context written by Troels Engberg-Pedersen and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2004-10-27 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Universalism in Judaism and Christianity / Alan F. Segal -- Yes, No, How Far?: the participation of Jews and Christians in pagan cults / Peder Borgen -- Paul and the Hellenistic schools : the evidence of Galen / Loveday Alexander -- Transferring a ritual : Paul's interpretation of baptism in Romans 6 / Hans Dieter Betz -- Enthymemic argumentation in Paul : the case of Romans 6 / David Hellholm -- Romans 7.7-25 as a speech-in-character / Stanley K. Stowers -- The quest for honor and the unity of the community in Romans 12 and the oration of Dio Chrysostom / Halvor Moxnes -- Determinism and free will in Paul : the argument of 1 Corinthians 8 and 9 / Abraham J. Malherbe -- Stoicism in Philippians / Troels Engberg-Pedersen -- Human nature and ethics in Hellenistic philosophical traditions and Paul : some issues and problems / David E. Aune.

Paul on Marriage and Celibacy

Author : Will Deming
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780802839893
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (398 download)

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Book Synopsis Paul on Marriage and Celibacy by : Will Deming

Download or read book Paul on Marriage and Celibacy written by Will Deming and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Paul is traditionally seen as one of the founders of Christian sexual asceticism. As early as the second century C.E., church leaders looked to him as a model for their lives of abstinence. But is this a correct reading of Paul? What exactly did Paul teach on the subjects of marriage and celibacy? Will Deming here answers these questions. By placing Paul's statements on marriage and celibacy against the backdrop of ancient Hellenistic society, Deming constructs a coherent picture of Paul's views. According to Deming, the conceptual world in which Paul lived and wrote had substantially vanished by 100 C.E., and terms like "sin," "body," "sex," and "holiness" began to acquire moral implications quite unlike those Paul knew. Paul conceived of marriage as a social obligation that had the potential of distracting Christians from Christ. For him celibacy was the single life, free from such distraction, not a life of saintly denial. Sex, in turn, was natural and not sinful, and sex within marriage was both proper and necessary. Superbly researched and reasoned, this book corrects misinterpretations of Paul and restores him to his proper place in the history of Christian thought on marriage and sexuality.

Paul and Ancient Rhetoric

Author : Stanley E. Porter
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107073790
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Paul and Ancient Rhetoric written by Stanley E. Porter and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-02-24 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, major international scholars examine ancient rhetoric's role in understanding Paul and his writings within his Hellenistic context.

Paul Beyond the Judaism/Hellenism Divide

Author : Troels Engberg-Pedersen
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664224066
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (24 download)

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Book Synopsis Paul Beyond the Judaism/Hellenism Divide by : Troels Engberg-Pedersen

Download or read book Paul Beyond the Judaism/Hellenism Divide written by Troels Engberg-Pedersen and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful book intends to do away with the traditional strategy of playing Judaism and Hellenism out against one another as a context for understanding Paul. Case studies focus specifically on the Corinthian correspondence.

Moral Formation According to Paul

Author : James W. Thompson
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 0801039029
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (1 download)

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Book Synopsis Moral Formation According to Paul by : James W. Thompson

Download or read book Moral Formation According to Paul written by James W. Thompson and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A leading biblical scholar shows that Paul offers a coherent moral vision based on both the story of Christ and the norms of the law.

Paul and Philosophy

Author : Troels Engberg-Pedersen
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 3161618890
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (616 download)

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Book Synopsis Paul and Philosophy by : Troels Engberg-Pedersen

Download or read book Paul and Philosophy written by Troels Engberg-Pedersen and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2023-11-20 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Paul, a Hellenistic Jew?

Author : Peter Van 't Riet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789076783543
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (835 download)

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Download or read book Paul, a Hellenistic Jew? written by Peter Van 't Riet and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many scholars and readers of the Bible have a romantic image of Paul: born in a pious Jewish family, educated in Jerusalem at the feet of the famous Pharisaic scholar Gamliel and fluently speaking Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek and Latin. However, does this fit in with the data from the genuine letters of Paul? In this book the author shows that the above mentioned image of Paul is especially derived from the Acts of the Apostles, in which the evangelist Luke has adapted the image of Paul to his own almost Pharisaic idea of the messianic time. In contrast however, Paul himself presents a completely different Christology (doctrine about Christ) in his letters. His language and way of thinking are more cognate with the Hellenistic, Greek speaking Judaism of his days. The author discusses successively: 1) Hellenism, the dominant culture of the Greek-Roman world of those days; 2) the Hellenistic Judaism of the Diaspora, which differed greatly from the Aramaic Judaism of Jesus and his early disciples; 3) the Septuagint, the Greek Bible translation, which had already existed about 300 years in the days of Paul and which deviated in many respects from the Hebrew Bible. Next the author researches what of these three phenomena could be found in the letters of Paul. Which turned out to be a lot more than he presumed at the start of his research. The Hellenistic Judaism is so intertwined with Paul's thought that the most obvious conclusion is that Paul has spent his youth and early years in a Hellenistic-Jewish milieu. This background clarifies many difficult passages in the letters of Paul and leads to a better understanding of his theology.

Paul

Author : N. T. Wright
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 0800663578
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Paul written by N. T. Wright and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2008-10-28 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ranks the Apostle Paul as "one of the most powerful and seminal minds of the first or any century," and argues that we can now sketch with confidence a new and more nuanced picture of Paul and the radical way in which his encounter with Jesus redefined his life, his mission and his expectations for a world made new in Christ. Reprint.

How to Read Paul

Author : Yung Suk Kim
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1506471455
Total Pages : 185 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book How to Read Paul written by Yung Suk Kim and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Read Paul provides an incisive, yet brief, examination of Paul as a writer and theologian steeped in the cultural, intellectual, and religious crossroads of the ancient world. Through an analysis of Paul's undisputed letters, Yung Suk Kim explores and explains Paul's key theological concepts and situates them in their proper cultural context. By placing Paul in the Jewish, Hellenistic, and Roman worlds that informed his thinking, this book reexamines familiar themes in his letters, such as gospel, righteousness, and faith. In so doing, How to Read Paul provides teachers, students, and interested lay readers with a clear, user-friendly portrait of the apostle, informed by a critical, yet appreciative, integration of the new perspective on Paul, emphasizing the faithfulness of Christ as well as believers' participation in Christ. The first few chapters give an overview of Paul and his letters, while the remaining chapters deal with key theological concepts and their cultural contexts. Discussion questions at the end of each chapter help students focus their reading and reflection on central elements, features, and themes. How to Read Paul is an ideal textbook for both undergraduate and seminary classrooms and a helpful guide for professors, clergy, and lay readers.

Hellenistic Mystery-Religions

Author : Richard Reitzenstein
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0915138204
Total Pages : 584 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (151 download)

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Book Synopsis Hellenistic Mystery-Religions by : Richard Reitzenstein

Download or read book Hellenistic Mystery-Religions written by Richard Reitzenstein and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Paul on Marriage and Celibacy

Author : Will Deming
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521472845
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Paul on Marriage and Celibacy written by Will Deming and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-02-02 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reassesses Paul's thinking on marriage and his place in the history of Christian asceticism.

Jewish Wisdom in the Hellenistic Age

Author : David Collins
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780567086235
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (862 download)

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Book Synopsis Jewish Wisdom in the Hellenistic Age by : David Collins

Download or read book Jewish Wisdom in the Hellenistic Age written by David Collins and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this exploration of Jewish wisdom during the Hellenistic period, internationally renowned scholar John J. Collins examines the books of Sirach and the Wisdom of Solomon, the Sentences of Pseudo-Phocylides, and the recently discovered Qumran Sapiential A text from the Dead Sea Scrolls - offering one of the first such examinations of this text in print. This commentary is a compelling analysis of these important texts and their continuing traditions.

Paulinische Studien

Author : Hans Dieter Betz
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 9783161462047
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Paulinische Studien written by Hans Dieter Betz and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 1994 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Paul's 'Spirit of Adoption' in its Roman Imperial Context

Author : Robert Brian Lewis
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0567663892
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (676 download)

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Book Synopsis Paul's 'Spirit of Adoption' in its Roman Imperial Context by : Robert Brian Lewis

Download or read book Paul's 'Spirit of Adoption' in its Roman Imperial Context written by Robert Brian Lewis and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-01-28 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Lewis examines Paul's use of the phrase “Spirit of Adoption” in Romans 8:12-17 against the background of its Roman Imperial context in order to shed light on interpretation of Paul's Letter to the Romans. Whereas other scholars have explored what Paul may have meant when he uses the term “adoption” Lewis instead explores the reasons behind Paul's coupling of it with the term “spirit”. Having examined theories for a possible Jewish antecedent for Paul's use of this phrase, and found them less than persuasive, Lewis unlocks the data within the term's Roman Imperial context that significantly clarifies what Paul means when he uses the phrase “Spirit of adoption". Lewis shows that when Paul wrote his letter to the Romans, adoption had become a feature of Imperial succession. Roman religion gave a great deal of prominence to the Roman family spirit - the genius. The Emperor's genius became identified as a deity in Roman religion and its veneration was widespread in Rome as well as the provinces. When Romans 8.12-17 is read against this background, a very different kind of exegetical picture emerges.

Paul and the Stoics

Author : Troels Engberg-Pedersen
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 9780664222345
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (223 download)

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Book Synopsis Paul and the Stoics by : Troels Engberg-Pedersen

Download or read book Paul and the Stoics written by Troels Engberg-Pedersen and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Dr. Engberg-Pedersen shows how a range of problems encountered in twentieth-century interpretation of three major Pauline letters (Philippians, Galatians, Romans) may be overcome by reading the epistles in the light of ancient Stoic ethics. He discusses literary, conceptual and theological issues: for example, the unity and purpose of the letters; the relationship in the letters between theology and ethics; the logical character and shape of Pauline exhortation; the relationship in Paul between cognition and participation; the meaning of righteousness from faith; Paul's handling of the Jewish law. The author illuminates the central core of Paul's thought by applying the Stoic perspective and argues that scholars must move beyond the traditional Judaism/Hellenism divide to reach a comprehensive and accurate reading of Paul's letters"--P. [4] of cover.

Hellenistic Constructs

Author : Paul Cartledge
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520918339
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Hellenistic Constructs written by Paul Cartledge and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hellenistic period (approximately the last three centuries B.C.), with its cultural complexities and enduring legacies, retains a lasting fascination today. Reflecting the vigor and productivity of scholarship directed at this period in the past decade, this collection of original essays is a wide-ranging exploration of current discoveries and questions. The twelve essays emphasize the cultural interaction of Greek and non-Greek societies in the Hellenistic period, in contrast to more conventional focuses on politics, society, or economy. The result of original research by some of the leading scholars in Hellenistic history and culture, this volume is an exemplary illustration of the cultural richness of this period. Paul Cartledge's introduction contains an illuminating introductory overview of current trends in Hellenistic scholarship. The essays themselves range over broad questions of comparative historiography, literature, religion, and the roles of Athens, Rome, and the Jews within the context of the Hellenistic world. The volume is dedicated to Frank Walbank and includes an updated bibliography of his work which has been essential to our understanding of the Hellenistic period.

Unity and Diversity in Christ: Interpreting Paul in Context

Author : William S. Campbell
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1621896722
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Unity and Diversity in Christ: Interpreting Paul in Context written by William S. Campbell and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-06-19 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays represent William Campbell's ongoing challenge over the last two decades to a residual aspect of the paradigm of Paulinism, namely that of interpreting Paul in antithesis to his Jewish roots. Campbell has proposed a new approach to Paul focusing on such themes as diversity, identity, and reconciliation as the basic components of transformation in Christ. The stance from which Paul theologizes is one that recognizes and underpins social and cultural diversity and includes the correlative demand that since difference is integral to the Christ-movement, the enmity associated with difference cannot be tolerated. Thus reconciliation emerges as a fundamental value in the Christ-movement. Such reconciliation respects and does not negate the particularities of the identity of Jews and those from the nations. This paradigm transformation implies the reevaluation of all things in Christ, whether of Jewish or Gentile origin. An underlying trajectory permeates these essays. What unites them is the emphasis on continuity between Judaism and the Christ-movement, particularly as exemplified in Paul's letter to the Romans. Such continuity is vitally important not only for understanding the past and present of Christ-followers, but even more significantly for the contemporary understanding of the identity of both Judaism and Christianity.