Paul in Athens: the popular religious context of Acts 17

Paul's visit to Athens, in particular the Areopahus speech, is one of the most well known excerpts of early Christian literature. It is the most significant speech by Paul to a Gentile audience in Acts functioning as a literary crest of the overall narrative. Yet critical analysts also describe...

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Main Author: Rothschild, Clare K. 1964- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Tübingen Mohr Siebeck [2014]
In: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament (341)
Year: 2014
Reviews:[Rezension von: Rothschild, Clare K., 1964-, Paul in Athens : the popular religious context of Acts 17] (2015) (Schell, Vítor Hugo, 1980 -)
[Rezension von: Rothschild, Clare K., 1964-, Paul in Athens : the popular religious context of Acts 17] (2017) (Lang, Manfred, 1964 -)
[Rezension von: Rothschild, Clare K., 1964-, Paul in Athens : the popular religious context of Acts 17] (2015) (Broccardo, Carlo, 1972 -)
[Rezension von: Rothschild, Clare K., 1964-, Paul in Athens : the popular religious context of Acts 17] (2017) (Lang, Manfred, 1964 -)
Series/Journal:Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 341
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bible. Apostelgeschichte 17 / Folk religion / Popular philosophy / Exegesis
B Greece (Antiquity) / Religion
IxTheo Classification:BE Greco-Roman religions
FA Theology
HC New Testament
HH Archaeology
Further subjects:B Bible. Apostelgeschichte 17
B Paul Apostle
B Epimenides
B Paul the Apostle, Saint
B Missions (Greece) (Athens)
B Preaching
B Bible. Acts XVII Commentaries
B Idea of God
B Athens
B Mission (international law
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Summary:Paul's visit to Athens, in particular the Areopahus speech, is one of the most well known excerpts of early Christian literature. It is the most significant speech by Paul to a Gentile audience in Acts functioning as a literary crest of the overall narrative. Yet critical analysts also describe it as an ad hoc blend of Green and Jewish elements. In this study, Clare K. Rothschild examines how the nexus of popular second-century traditions crystallizing around the Cretan prophet Epimenides explains these seemingly miscellaneous and impromptu aspects of the text. Her investigation exposes correspondences between Epimenidea and the Lukan Paul, not limited to the altar "to an unknown god" and the saying, "In him, we live, and move, and have our being" (17:28a), concluding that in addition to popular philosophical ideals, the episode of Paul in Athens utilizes popular 'religious' topoi to reinforce a central narrative aim
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite [155]-185
ISBN:3161532600