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While scholars have often found value in comparing Wisdom and
Romans, a comparison of the use of personification in these works
has not yet been made, despite the striking parallels between them.
Furthermore, while scholars have studied many of these
personifications in detail, no one has investigated an individual
personification with respect to the general use of the trope in the
work. Instead, most of this research focuses on a personification
in relation to its nature as either a rhetorical device or a
supernatural power. The "Powers" of Personification seeks to push
beyond this debate by evaluating the evidence in a different light
- that of its purpose within the overall use of personification in
the respective work and in comparison with another piece of
contemporaneous theological literature. This book proposes that the
authors of Wisdom and Romans employ personification to distance God
from the origin of evil, to deflect attention away from the problem
of righteous suffering to the positive sides of the experience, or
to defer the solution for the suffering of the righteous to the
future.
The Apostle employs the Scriptures more in Romans than in any of
his other letters. Scripture, Texts, and Tracings in Romans
advances the interpretation of Romans by exploring how the Apostle
Paul quoted, alluded to, or "echoed" the Jewish Scriptures.
Identification of allusions is at the forefront, as are questions
of methodology, the texture of Paul's theology, his understanding
of Scripture, and implications for other areas of Pauline studies,
such as empire-criticism.
Paul and the Greco-Roman Philosophical Tradition provides a fresh
examination of the relationship of Greco-Roman philosophy to
Pauline Christianity. It offers an in-depth look at different
approaches employed by scholars who draw upon philosophical
settings in the ancient world to inform their understanding of
Paul. The volume houses an international team of scholars from a
range of diverse traditions and backgrounds, which opens up a
platform for multiple voices from various corridors. Consequently,
some of the chapters seek to establish new potential resonances
with Paul and the Greco-Roman philosophical tradition, but others
question such connections. While a number of them propose radically
new relationships between Paul and GrecoRoman philosophy, a few
seek to tweak or modulate current discussions. There are arguments
in the volume which are more technical and exegetical, and others
that remain more synthetic and theological. This diversity,
however, is accentuated by a goal shared by each author - to
further our understanding of Paul's relationship to and
appropriation of Greco-Roman philosophical traditions in his
literary and missionary efforts.
Paul and the Greco-Roman Philosophical Tradition provides a fresh
examination of the relationship of Greco-Roman philosophy to
Pauline Christianity. It offers an in-depth look at different
approaches employed by scholars who draw upon philosophical
settings in the ancient world to inform their understanding of
Paul. The volume houses an international team of scholars from a
range of diverse traditions and backgrounds, which opens up a
platform for multiple voices from various corridors. Consequently,
some of the chapters seek to establish new potential resonances
with Paul and the Greco-Roman philosophical tradition, but others
question such connections. While a number of them propose radically
new relationships between Paul and GrecoRoman philosophy, a few
seek to tweak or modulate current discussions. There are arguments
in the volume which are more technical and exegetical, and others
that remain more synthetic and theological. This diversity,
however, is accentuated by a goal shared by each author - to
further our understanding of Paul's relationship to and
appropriation of Greco-Roman philosophical traditions in his
literary and missionary efforts.
Biblical Foundations Award Finalist What forces shaped the
intellectual world of the apostle Paul? How familiar was he with
the great philosophers of his age, and to what extent was he
influenced by them? When he quoted Greco-Roman sources, what was
his aim? Pauline scholars wrestle with such questions in journal
articles and technical monographs, but now Paul and the Giants of
Philosophy brings the conversation into the college classroom and
the church. Each essay addresses Paul's interaction with
Greco-Roman philosophical thinking on a particular topic, such as
faith, slavery, gift-giving, and the afterlife. And each chapter
includes discussion questions and reading lists to help readers
engage the material further. Dodson and Briones have gathered
contributors with diverse views from various traditions who are
united in the desire to make Paul's engagement with ancient
philosophy accessible to many readers.
This volume looks at the imprint and influence that the writings of
the Apostle Paul had in the second century, examining the Pauline
corpus in conjunction with key second century figures and texts
such as Ignatius, Polycarp, and the Epistle of Diognetus . It
investigates the impact of Paul's legacy and examines how this
legacy shaped the Christianity that emerged in the second century
as represented by the Apostolic Fathers, the early Christian
Apologists, and among Gnostic and Judeo Christian groups.
Many young Bible scholars are passionate for the Scriptures. But is
passion enough? In A Little Book for New Bible Scholars, Randolph
Richards and Joseph Dodson encourage young students of the Bible to
add substance to their zeal-the kind of substance that comes from
the sweat and toil of hard study. "Just as we should avoid
knowledge without love," they write, "we should also avoid love
without knowledge." Aimed at beginners, this concise overview
offers a wealth of good advice, warns of potential pitfalls, and
includes wisdom from a variety of other biblical scholars as well
as stories from the authors' own long experience in the guild. Full
of warmth, humor, and an infectious love for Scripture, this book
invites a new generation of young scholars to roll up their sleeves
and dig into the complex, captivating world of the Bible.
This is an examination of the apostle Paul within the Second
Century, focused upon the writings of the Apostolic Fathers. This
volume looks at the imprint and influence that the writings of the
Apostle Paul had in the second century examining the Pauline corpus
in conjunction with key second century figures and texts, such as
"Ignatius", "Polycarp", and the "Epistle of Diognetus". As such
this volume is an exercise in the Wirkungsgeschichte or
'effective-history' of Paul. It investigates the impact of Paul's
legacy and examines how this legacy shaped the Christianity that
emerged in the second century as represented by the Apostolic
Fathers, the early Christian Apologists, and among Gnostic and
Judeo Christian groups. The contributors are experts in their
respective areas. Each contributor in turn examines how a given
document or group reflects the influence of Paul's life, letters,
and theology and the various and even competing ways in which
Paul's legacy may be seen to have been appropriated. As such this
is the first volume to present an extended juxtaposition of Paul's
thought with such a wide selection of writings from the second
century. Formerly the "Journal for the Study of the New Testament
Supplement", a book series that explores the many aspects of New
Testament study including historical perspectives,
social-scientific and literary theory, and theological, cultural
and contextual approaches, "The Early Christianity in Context"
series, a part of "JSNTS", examines the birth and development of
early Christianity up to the end of the third century CE. The
series places Christianity in its social, cultural, political and
economic context. "European Seminar on Christian Origins" and
"Journal for the Study of the Historical Jesus Supplement" are also
part of "JSNTS".
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