Pagan Polemic and Lukan Apologetic
| Author | : Kenneth Larry Cukrowski |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 298 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| Genre | : Apologetics |
| ISBN | : |
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Debate and Dialogue
| Author | : Maijastina Kahlos |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : 2016-05-13 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1317154363 |
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This book explores the construction of Christian identity in fourth and fifth centuries through inventing, fabricating and sharpening binary oppositions. Such oppositions, for example Christians - pagans; truth - falsehood; the one true god - the multitude of demons; the right religion - superstition, served to create and reinforce the Christian self-identity. The author examines how the Christian argumentation against pagans was intertwined with self-perception and self-affirmation. Discussing the relations and interaction between pagan and Christian cultures, this book aims at widening historical understanding of the cultural conflicts and the otherness in world history, thus contributing to the ongoing discussion about the historical and conceptual basis of cultural tolerance and intolerance. This book offers a valuable contribution to contemporary scholarly debate about Late Antique religious history and the relationship between Christianity and other religions.
Pagan Polemics, Christian Apologetics, and "barbarian Wisdom" in the Making of Christian Imperialism
| Author | : Jeremy M. Schott |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 638 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| Genre | : Apologetics |
| ISBN | : |
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Asceticism and the New Testament
| Author | : Leif E. Vaage |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 462 |
| Release | : 2002-09-11 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 1135962235 |
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As a complex historical phenomenon, asceticism raises the question about ordinary impulses, the orientation and practices, the power dynamics and politics with transcendental religions. The question of the role of asceticism has often been overlooked in examining the New Testament. This book is both comprehensive and comparative in its representation of how the question of asceticism might reorder the way in which we interpret the New Testament. Looking at the New Testament from an ascetic perspective asks questions about issues including the milieu of Jesus and Paul, and the social practices of self-denial, and considers the Scriptural texts in light of a desire to separate oneself from the world. In interpreting all the books in the New Testament, this collection is the first effort to take seriously the crucial role played by asceticism--and its detractors--in the formation of the New Testament.
The Shepherd-flock Motif in the Miletus Discourse (Acts 20:17-38) Against Its Historical Background
| Author | : Bernard Aubert |
| Publisher | : Peter Lang |
| Total Pages | : 428 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Bibles |
| ISBN | : 9781433105708 |
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The Shepherd-Flock Motif in the Miletus Discourse (Acts 20:17-38) Against Its Historical Background provides a comprehensive survey of the use of the shepherd-flock motif in the ancient world for the readers of the New Testament. This review of Ancient Near Eastern, Jewish, Greco-Roman, and Christian sources is guided by a motific approach that integrates the concept of metaphor, Semantics, and the comparative method. A chief concern of this study is to apply this knowledge to the study of Luke-Acts, especially the Miletus Discourse (Acts 20:17-38). The shepherd-flock motif appears to be central in this speech and helps to integrate other motifs and themes in this discourse, such as the kingship motif. The Shepherd-Flock Motif in the Miletus Discourse (Acts 20:17-38) Against Its Historical Background is indispensable to the study of motifs in the New Testament and contributes meaningfully to the scholarly research on Luke-Acts.
Light from the Gentiles: Hellenistic Philosophy and Early Christianity
| Author | : Abraham J. Malherbe |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 1153 |
| Release | : 2013-10-10 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9004256520 |
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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, spanning over fifty years, illustrate Malherbe’s appreciation of the complexities of this ecology and what is required to explore philological and conceptual connections between early Christian writers, especially Paul and Athenagoras, and their literary counterparts who participated in the religious and philosophical discourse of the wider culture. Malherbe’s essays laid the groundwork for his magisterial commentary on the Thessalonian correspondence and launched the contemporary study of Hellenistic moral philosophy and early Christianity.
Apologetic Discourse and the Scribal Tradition
| Author | : Wayne Campbell Kannaday |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 289 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 9004130853 |
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It is commonly acknowledged that the "original"manuscripts of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John did not survive the exigencies of history. What modern readers refer to as the canonical Gospels are in fact compositions reconstructed from copies transmitted by usually anonymous scribes. Apologetic Discourse and the Scribal Tradition examines an important facet of the fascinating but seldom-reported story of the interests that shaped the formation of the text of the New Testament. With an informed awareness of the dynamic discourse between pagan critics and early defenders of early Christianity, and careful scrutiny of more than one hundred variant readings located in the literary tradition of the New Testament text, the author drafts a compelling case that some scribes occasionally modified the text of the Gospels under the influence of apologetic interests. Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)
Chained in Christ
| Author | : Craig Wansink |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 247 |
| Release | : 1996-03-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0567511642 |
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For Paul, who imprisoned Christians, his own incarceration ironically became a way in which he understood his mission. Paul's convictions and his rhetoric were often shaped during those times when chains constrained him from travelling. By examining a wide variety of sources-such as ancient novels, dream interpretations and moral tractates-Wansink first describes prison conditions and the daily life of prisoners, in the Graeco-Roman world. Subsequent exegetical chapters focus on two epistles Paul wrote from prison: Philippians and Philemon. This book replaces a 'docetic' view of Paul's incarceration with an original insight into how prison would have shaped his interaction with the Philippians and Philemon.
Paganism Surviving in Christianity
| Author | : Abram Herbert Lewis |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 350 |
| Release | : 1892 |
| Genre | : Christianity and other religions |
| ISBN | : |
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Philo of Alexandria
| Author | : David T. Runia |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 452 |
| Release | : 2000 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 9789004116825 |
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This volume is a continuation of "Philo of Alexandria: an Annotated Bibliography" 1937-1986, published by Roberto Radice and David Runia in 1988 (second edition 1992). Prepared with the collaboration of the International Philo Bibliography Project, it contains a complete listing of all scholarly writings on Philo in all languages for the period 1987 to 1996. Part One lists texts, translations, commentaries etc. (75 items). Part Two contains critical studies (880 items). In part Three additional works for the years 1937-1986 are presented (170 items). In all cases a brief description of the contents of the contribution is given. Seven indices, including a detailed Index of subjects, complete the work.
