Marie-Odile Goulet-Caze

Cynicism and Christianity in Antiquity (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Was Jesus a Cynic? Cynicism and Christianity in Antiquity is a literary tour de force analyzing and refuting the hypothesis that Jesus was a Cynic. Marie-Odile Goulet-Cazé examines the arguments submitted by some New Testament scholars who believe that Jesus and his disciples were influenced by the ethics and social behaviors of itinerant Cynic preachers. In examining the "Cynic Jesus hypothesis," Goulet-Cazé offers a reliable, accessible, and fully documented summary of Cynicism and its ideas, from Diogenes to the Imperial Period, and she investigates the extent and nature of contact between Cynics and Jewish people, especially between 100 BCE and 100 CE. While recognizing similarities between the ideas and morals of ancient Cynicism and those evident in early Christian movements, Goulet-Cazé identifies more significant, fundamental differences between them in culture, theology, and worldview.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Eerdmans
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. August 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781467456678
• Artikelnr.: 62874964

Autorenporträt

Marie-Odile Goulet-Cazé has been a researcher at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris, France, since 1978 and is now director emerita of research at CNRS. She served as president of the International Society of Classical Bibliography, which publishes L'Année philologique, and she has written several books on Cynicism and ancient philosophy.