Philodemus and the New Testament World - Fitzgerald, John T. / Obbink, Dirk / Holland, Glenn S. (eds.)
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The fifteen essays in this volume, rooted in the work of the Hellenistic Moral Philosophy and Early Christianity Section of the SBL, examine the works of Philodemus and how they illuminate the cultural context of early Christianity.Born in Gadara in Syria, Philodemus (ca. 110-40 BCE) was active in Italy as an Epicurean philosopher and poet.This volume comprises three parts; the first deals with Philodemus' works in their own terms, the second situates his thought within its larger Greco-Roman context, and the third explores the implications of his work for understanding the earliest…mehr

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The fifteen essays in this volume, rooted in the work of the Hellenistic Moral Philosophy and Early Christianity Section of the SBL, examine the works of Philodemus and how they illuminate the cultural context of early Christianity.Born in Gadara in Syria, Philodemus (ca. 110-40 BCE) was active in Italy as an Epicurean philosopher and poet.This volume comprises three parts; the first deals with Philodemus' works in their own terms, the second situates his thought within its larger Greco-Roman context, and the third explores the implications of his work for understanding the earliest Christians, especially Paul.It will be useful to all readers interested in Hellenistic philosophy and rhetoric as well as Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity.
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John T. Fitzgerald, Ph.D. (1984) in New Testament, Yale University, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Miami and co-editor of Early Christianity and Classical Culture (Brill, 2003). Dirk Obbink, Ph.D. (1987), Stanford University, is Fellow and Tutor in Greek at Christ Church, Oxford, a 2001 recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, editor of the critical edition of Philodemus' On Piety (Oxford, 1996), and a General Editor of The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Glenn S. Holland, Ph.D. (1986) in New Testament, University of Chicago, is Thoburn Professor of Religious Studies at Allegheny College and author of Divine Irony (Susquehanna University Press, 2000).