Friendship, flattery, and frankness of speech : studies on friendship in the New Testament world /

This volume deals with the topics of friendship, flattery, and frankness of speech in the Greco-Roman world. The three topics were often related, with candor or frank criticism viewed as the trait that distinguished the true friend from the flatterer. The book's eleven essays are divided into t...

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Other Authors: Fitzgerald, John T., 1948-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1996.

Series: Novum Testamentum, Supplements 82.
Novum Testamentum Supplements Online, ISBN: 9789004264557.

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Call Number: BS2545.F75 F75 1996

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • John T. Fitzgerald
  • Introduction /
  • John T. Fitzgerald
  • Friendship, Frankness and Flattery /
  • David Konstan
  • Frank Speech, Flattery, and Friendship in Philodemus /
  • Clarence E. Glad
  • Plutarch to Prince Philopappus on how to tell a Flatterer from a Friend /
  • Troels Engberg-Pedersen
  • Philipians, Especially Chapter 4, as a \'Letter of Friendship\': Observations on a Checkered History of Scholarship /
  • John Reumann
  • The function of Friendship Language in Philippians 4: 10-20 /
  • Ken L. Berry
  • Paul's Self-Sufficiency (Philippians 4:11) /
  • Abraham J. Malherbe
  • Philippians in the Light of Some Ancient Discussions of Friendship /
  • John T. Fitzgerald
  • Пapphσia in the Pauline Epistles /
  • David E. Fredrickson
  • Пapphσia in Acts /
  • S. C. Winter
  • Holding on to Confidence: Пapphσia in Hebrews /
  • C. Alan and S.J. MγγChell
  • Пapphσia in the Johannine Corpus /
  • William Klassen
  • Index of Ancient Authors and Texts /
  • John T. Fitzgerald
  • Index of Modern Scholars /
  • John T. Fitzgerald.