Light from the Gentiles : Hellenistic philosophy and early Christianity : collected essays, 1959-2012 /

Light from the Gentiles : Hellenistic philosophy and early Christianity : collected essays, 1959-2012 /

Rather than viewing the Graeco-Roman world as the "background" against which early Christian texts should be read, Abraham J. Malherbe saw the ancient Mediterranean world as a rich ecology of diverse intellectual traditions that interacted within specific social contexts. These essays, spa...

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Main Author: Malherbe, Abraham J.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2013.

Series: Novum Testamentum, Supplements 150.
Novum Testamentum Supplements Online, ISBN: 9789004264557.

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Bible. > Epistles of Paul > Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

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Call Number: BS2650.52 .M26 2013

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson
  • 1 The Corinthian Contribution /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson
  • 2 The Task and Method of Exegesis /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson
  • 3 The Beasts at Ephesus /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson
  • 4 "Gentle as a Nurse": The Cynic Background to 1 Thessalonians 2 /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson
  • 5 The Inhospitality of Diotrephes /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson
  • 6 Social Level and Literary Culture of Early Christianity /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson
  • 7 ΜΗ ΓΕΝΟΙΤΟ in the Diatribe and Paul /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson
  • 8 Medical Imagery in the Pastoral Epistles /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson
  • 9 Antisthenes and Odysseus, and Paul at War /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson
  • 10 Exhortation in First Thessalonians /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson
  • 11 "In Season and Out of Season": 2 Timothy 4:2 /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson
  • 12 Paul: Hellenistic Philosopher or Christian Pastor? /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson
  • 13 "Not in a Corner": Early Christian Apologetic in Acts 26:26 /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson
  • 14 "Pastoral Care" in the Thessalonian Church /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson
  • 15 Did the Thessalonians Write to Paul? /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson
  • 16 Traditions and Theology of Care in the New Testament /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson
  • 17 Paulus Senex /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson
  • 18 Determinism and Free Will in Paul: The Argument of 1 Corinthians 8 and 9 /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson
  • 19 God's New Family at Thessalonica /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson
  • 20 Paul's Self-Sufficiency (Philippians 4:11) /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson
  • 21 The Christianization of a Topos (Luke 12:13-34) /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson
  • 22 Conversion to Paul's Gospel /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson
  • 23 Anti-Epicurean Rhetoric in 1 Thessalonians /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson
  • 24 The Apostle Paul as a Pastor /
  • Carl R. Holladay , John T. Fitzgerald , Gregory E. Sterling and James W. Thompson.