Paul and the Greco-Roman philosophical tradition
Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 Paul and the Militia Spiritualis Topos in 1 Thessalonians -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Abraham Malherbe on Paul, Popular Philosophy, and 1...
| Summary: | Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1 Paul and the Militia Spiritualis Topos in 1 Thessalonians -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Abraham Malherbe on Paul, Popular Philosophy, and 1 Thessalonians -- 1.3 Paul and the Militia Spiritualis Topos -- 1.4 Soldiers at the Ready (1 Thess. 5.8) -- 1.5 Loyalty and the Bonds of πίστις -- 1.6 Orderliness -- 1.7 Conclusion -- 2 Elements of Apocalyptic Eschatology in Seneca's Writings and Paul's Letters -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Methodological Considerations -- 2.3 Seneca -- 2.3.1 Ad Marciam de Consolatione -- 2.3.2 Ad Polybivm de Consolatione -- 2.3.3 Naturales Quaestiones III -- 2.3.4 Summary of Seneca's Works -- 2.4 Comparison -- 2.4.1 Grief and Consolation -- 2.4.2 Hope and Sanctification -- 2.4.3 Personifications and Powers -- 2.4.4 Cosmic Destruction and Renewal -- 2.5 Conclusion -- 3 Paul and Aristotle on Friendship -- 3.1 Aristotle's Philosophy of Friendship in Ethics 8-9 -- 3.1.1 Defining Friendship -- 3.1.2 The Three Forms of Friendship -- 3.1.3 The Role of Self-Love in Reciprocal Virtue-Friendships: Between Altruism and Egoism -- 3.1.4 The Role of Virtue in Virtue-Friendships -- 3.1.5 The Role of God in Virtue-Friendship -- 3.2 Paul's Theology of Friendship in Philippians48 -- 3.2.1 The Ideal Definition of Friendship -- 3.2.2 The Role of Self-Love in Reciprocal Friendship: Between Altruism and Egoism -- 3.2.3 The Role of Virtue in Friendship -- 3.2.4 The Role of God in Friendship: Where Paul and Aristotle Part Ways -- 4 Bruce Winter and the Language of Benefaction in Romans 13.3 -- 4.1 Benefaction in the Greco-Roman World -- 4.1.1 Dionysius of Halicarnassus -- 4.1.2 Aristotle -- 4.1.3 Demosthenes -- 4.1.4 Seneca -- 4.1.5 Cicero -- 4.1.6 Beneficiary Inscriptions -- 4.1.7 Summary. 4.2 Romans 13.3 and Seneca's Theory of Benefaction -- 4.3 ἀγαθός and κακός in Romans 12 and 13 -- 4.4 Conclusion -- 5 Powers, Baptism and the Ethics of the Stronger: Paul among the Ancient Political Philosophers -- 5.1 Compliance as a Universal Rule -- 5.2 The Law of the Stronger -- 5.3 Resisting a Tyrant or Avoiding Troubles? -- 5.4 Morality of the Stronger -- 5.5 Hierarchies Collapse in the Dawn -- 6 Divine Causation and Prepositional Metaphysics in Philo of Alexandria and the Apostle Paul -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Philo of Alexandria and Prepositional Metaphysics -- 6.3 Prepositional Metaphysics in Paul? -- 6.4 Philosophy and Pauline Prepositional Metaphysics -- 6.5 Prepositional Metaphysics within Paul's Theology -- 6.6 Conclusion -- 7 Paul and Pan(en)theism -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Pauline Theology -- 7.3 Stoic Theology -- 7.3.1 Theology in Seneca -- 7.3.2 Theology in Epictetus -- 7.4 Pan(en)theism in Paul? -- 7.5. Conclusion -- 8 The Wilderness Tradition in 1 Corinthians, Wisdom of Solomon and Hebrews -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Divine Provision -- 8.3 Human Rebellion and Punishment -- 8.4 Conclusion -- 9 Natural Hair: A 'New Rhetorical' Assessment of 1 Cor. 11.14-15 -- 9.1 Nature vs. Convention in Ancient Discussions -- 9.2 Rhetorical Argumentation and 1 Cor. 11.14-15 -- 9.2.1 Argumentation in Paul's Letters -- 9.2.2 The 'New Rhetoric' -- 9.2.3 'Identification' and 'Adherence' -- 9.2.4 'Dialectical' Argumentation -- 9.2.5 Stability and Change -- 9.2.6 Summary of the New Rhetoric and 1 Cor. 11.14-15 -- 9.2.7 1 Cor. 11.14-15 in Context -- 9.3. Conclusions -- 10 Gendered Exegesis of Creation in Philo (De Opificio Mundi) and Paul (1 Corinthians) -- 10.1 Gendered Exegesis of Creation in Philo: De Opificico Mundi -- 10.1.1 Hermeneutic: Philo's Interpretation of Creation in Opif 10.1.1.1 Gen. 1.6-31 Is about What Is Sense-Perceptible, Not Noetic -- 10.1.1.2 Genesis 1 Is about Genera -- 10.1.1.3 Samples of Genesis 1 Describing Genera of Sense-Perceptible Creatures -- 10.1.1.4 The Genus 'Human' on the 6th Day -- 10.1.2 Exegesis: Genesis 1 Defines Humanness in Genesis 2 - for Adam, not Eve -- 10.1.2.1 Adam's Body and the Human of Earth -- 10.1.2.2 Image and Likeness from Gen. 1.26-27 Are for Adam, not Eve -- 10.1.2.3 Dominion from Gen. 1.26-28 Is for Adam, not Eve -- 10.1.2.4 God's Method of Building Eve Is Ignored or Male-ized -- 10.2 Gendered Exegesis of Creation in Paul: 1 Corinthians -- 10.2.1 Hermeneutic: Paul's Interpretation of Creation in 1 Corinthians -- 10.2.1.1 1 Cor. 6.15-17 - Creation Helps Define Sex and Ethics for the Church -- 10.2.1.2 1 Corinthians 8-10 - Creation Helps Define Food and Ethics for the Church -- 10.2.1.3 1 Cor. 12.12-31 - Creation Helps Define How the Church should Function -- 10.2.1.4 1 Cor. 15.35-49 - Creation Helps Define Present and Future Bodies -- 10.2.2 Exegesis: Genesis 1-2 Establishes Symmetry and Asymmetry of Genders in the Church -- 10.2.2.1 Paul's Handling of Genesis 1-2 in 1 Corinthians 11 Remains Consistent -- 10.2.2.2 Women may Be God's 'Image' in 11.7, but not Explicitly so -- 10.2.2.3 Women Have Complex 'Authority' in 11.10 -- 10.3 Conclusion -- 11 Early Conceptions of Original Sin: Reading Galatians through Philo's De Opificio Mundi -- 11.1 Introduction: Sexuality, Generation and Desire in Galatians -- 11.1.1 The Puzzle of Lust in the Galatian Vice List -- 11.1.2 Paul's Anthropologizing in its Greco-Roman Context -- 11.2 The Discourse on Anthropology in Hellenistic Philosophy -- 11.2.1 The Cradle Argument in Hellenistic Philosophy -- 11.2.1.1 Epicureanism: Pleasure as the Alpha and Omega of Human Life -- 11.2.1.2 Stoicism: Self-Preservation as the Primary Driver 11.2.1.3 Congenital Preconceptions and their Necessary Development -- 11.2.2 Philo and his Exegetical Approach to the Philosophical Cradle Argument -- 11.2.2.1 The Golden Age of Philo's First Man and the Decline of the Human Race -- 11.2.2.2 Philo's Biblical Approach to the Epicurean Cradle Argument -- 11.2.2.3 Philo on Natural Family Affection -- 11.2.2.4 Summarizing Philo -- 11.3 The παιδαγωγός in the Greco- Roman Tradition -- 11.3.1 Childhood Memories in Galatians -- 11.3.1.1 The Tutor -- 11.3.1.2 The νήπιος: The Pre- Rational Child -- 11.4 Paul's Anthropology: Galatians as a Case Study -- 11.4.1 Motherhood κατὰ σάρκα and κατὰ πνεῦμα -- 11.4.2 Moses's δευτέρα γένεσίς and Paul's καινὴ κτίσις -- 11.5 Postscript -- 12 Death as an Ethical Metaphor in Seneca's Writings and in Paul's Letter to the Romans -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Seneca -- 12.2.1 Negative Metaphorical Uses of 'Death' -- 12.2.2 Positive Metaphorical Uses of 'Death' -- 12.3 Paul's Letter to the Romans -- 12.3.1 Negative Metaphorical Uses of 'Death' -- 12.3.2 Positive Metaphorical Uses of 'Death' -- 12.4 Concluding Comparison -- 12.4.1 A Comparison of the Negative Metaphorical Uses of Death in Seneca and Paul -- 12.4.2 A Comparison of the Positive Metaphorical Uses of Death in Seneca and Paul -- 13 The Nature of True Worship: Reading Acts 17 with Seneca, Epistle 95 -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Seneca's Epistles to Lucilius -- 13.3 Epistle 95 on the Nature of True Worship -- 13.4 Acts 17 on the Nature of True Worship -- 13.5 Reading Acts 17 with Epistle 95 -- 13.6 Conclusion -- Index of Biblical and Ancient Sources -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of Ancient Figures |
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| ISBN: | 0567657930 |