Plutarch and the New Testament in Their Religio-Philosophical Contexts : Bridging Discourses in the World of the Early Roman Empire /

Plutarch and the New Testament in Their Religio-Philosophical Contexts : Bridging Discourses in the World of the Early Roman Empire /

How to read Plutarch in the context of New Testament studies? Almost 50 years after the seminal project on the topic led by Hans Dieter Betz, this volume elevates once again the issue's priority. Bridging discourses is a fitting description both of the religio-philosophical spirit of Plutarch,...

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Other Authors: Hirsch-Luipold, Rainer (Editor)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden; Boston : Brill, 2022.

Series: Brill's Plutarch Studies ; 9.

Subjects:

Plutarch.
Bible as literature.
Bible. > New Testament > Criticism, interpretation, etc. > History.
History of Biblical events.
Jewish nationalism.
Christian literature, Early > History and criticism.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Philosophy and religion > Greece.
Platonists > Greece.

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Call Number: B603

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • Rainer Hirsch-Luipold
  • Copyright Page /
  • Rainer Hirsch-Luipold
  • Dedication /
  • Rainer Hirsch-Luipold
  • Introduction /
  • Rainer Hirsch-Luipold
  • Chapter 1 Plutarch and the New Testament: History, Challenges and Perspectives /
  • Rainer Hirsch-Luipold
  • Chapter 2 Why Compare Plutarch and the New Testament? The Betz Project and the Form, Function and Limitations of Greco-Roman Parallel Collections /
  • David E. Aune
  • Chapter 3 Plutarch's Monotheism and the New Testament /
  • Frederick E. Brenk
  • Chapter 4 "God Is the Measure of All Things": Plutarch and Philo on the Benefits of Religious Worship /
  • Zlatko Pleše
  • Chapter 5 When East and West Meet: Eastern Religions and Western Philosophy in Philo of Alexandria and Plutarch of Chaeronea /
  • Gregory E. Sterling
  • Chapter 6 Philautia , Self-Knowledge, and Oikeiôsis in Philo of Alexandria and Plutarch /
  • Gretchen Reydams-Schils
  • Chapter 7 The Relation between Anthropology and Love Ethics in John against the Backdrop of Plutarchan and Philonic Ideas /
  • Athanasios Despotis
  • Chapter 8 The Mechanics of Death: Philo's and Plutarch's Views on Human Death as a Backdrop for Paul's Eschatology /
  • Julian Elschenbroich
  • Chapter 9 The Logos in Amelius' Fragment on the Gospel of John and Plutarch's De Iside /
  • Ilinca Tanaseanu-Doebler
  • Chapter 10 Plutarch's Reception in the Church Fathers /
  • Georgiana Huian
  • Chapter 11 Plutarch of Chaeronea, Clement of Alexandria and the Bio- and Technomorphic Aspects of Creation /
  • Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta
  • Indexes /
  • Rainer Hirsch-Luipold.