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Portraits of Jesus: Studies in Christology, 2012
The Bible and Critical Theory, Apr 27, 2011
Journal for the Study of Judaism, 2012
... Page 15. Paul Beyond the Judaism/Hellenism Divide 3 or tradition in the broad cultural contex... more ... Page 15. Paul Beyond the Judaism/Hellenism Divide 3 or tradition in the broad cultural context within which Paul should be understood. ... Page 16. 4 Paul Beyond the Judaism/Hellenism Divide the cultural context no matter where and irrespective of their roots. ...
Front matter and introduction
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2007
... For example, he evaluates ἐπιθυμία (desire or appetite) as an evil impulse in James and Philo... more ... For example, he evaluates ἐπιθυμία (desire or appetite) as an evil impulse in James and Philo but relies on Harry Wolfson and so perpetuates a misunder-standing of the use and meanings of ἐπιθυμία.19 Though it is certainly possible that a writer could have connected the ...
Christian Origins and Hellenistic Judaism, 2012
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2008
Against the prevailing view that Paul is (at most) marginally influenced by Greek intellectual tr... more Against the prevailing view that Paul is (at most) marginally influenced by Greek intellectual traditions, this article argues that Romans 6…8 manifests certain Platonic traditions about the soul. Following a consideration of scholarship on Pauline anthropology and a critical definition of discourse, Paul's appropriation of Greek philosophy is recast as the adaptation of a Platonic discourse about extreme immorality or the death of the soul. This discourse explains the language about sin, death, flesh, passions and the body; the metaphors of enslavement, imprisonment and rule that predominate in these chapters; and the inciting role of law in Rom. 7.7-13.
Paul and the Philosophers
The Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion
Front matter and introduction
With the Loyal You Show Yourself Loyal
The Oxford Handbook of Pauline Studies
This essay develops a definition of religion and uses this definition to clarify the role of comp... more This essay develops a definition of religion and uses this definition to clarify the role of comparison in the historical study of Paul’s letters. Critical comparisons are especially important for understanding Paul’s rhetoric about God, Christ, and other gods in light of both Jewish and non-Jewish myths and traditions. Focusing on 1 Cor 8:1–11:1, 15:23–28, Gal 4:3–10, and Rom 1:18–32, the author finds that Paul’s texts fit with traditions of Jewish polemic that ungenerously misrepresent the gods of other peoples in order to assert their non-existence, relative powerlessness, and subordination. Rather than revealing deities of exceptional power and unrivalled political status, such polemics adapt certain widely shared assumptions about the nature of the gods, especially their human-like attributes and political arrangements.
Portraits of Jesus: Studies in Christology, 2012
The Bible and Critical Theory, Apr 27, 2011
Journal for the Study of Judaism, 2012
... Page 15. Paul Beyond the Judaism/Hellenism Divide 3 or tradition in the broad cultural contex... more ... Page 15. Paul Beyond the Judaism/Hellenism Divide 3 or tradition in the broad cultural context within which Paul should be understood. ... Page 16. 4 Paul Beyond the Judaism/Hellenism Divide the cultural context no matter where and irrespective of their roots. ...
Front matter and introduction
Journal of Biblical Literature, 2007
... For example, he evaluates ἐπιθυμία (desire or appetite) as an evil impulse in James and Philo... more ... For example, he evaluates ἐπιθυμία (desire or appetite) as an evil impulse in James and Philo but relies on Harry Wolfson and so perpetuates a misunder-standing of the use and meanings of ἐπιθυμία.19 Though it is certainly possible that a writer could have connected the ...
Christian Origins and Hellenistic Judaism, 2012
Journal for the Study of the New Testament, 2008
Against the prevailing view that Paul is (at most) marginally influenced by Greek intellectual tr... more Against the prevailing view that Paul is (at most) marginally influenced by Greek intellectual traditions, this article argues that Romans 6…8 manifests certain Platonic traditions about the soul. Following a consideration of scholarship on Pauline anthropology and a critical definition of discourse, Paul's appropriation of Greek philosophy is recast as the adaptation of a Platonic discourse about extreme immorality or the death of the soul. This discourse explains the language about sin, death, flesh, passions and the body; the metaphors of enslavement, imprisonment and rule that predominate in these chapters; and the inciting role of law in Rom. 7.7-13.
Paul and the Philosophers
The Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Religion
Front matter and introduction
With the Loyal You Show Yourself Loyal
The Oxford Handbook of Pauline Studies
This essay develops a definition of religion and uses this definition to clarify the role of comp... more This essay develops a definition of religion and uses this definition to clarify the role of comparison in the historical study of Paul’s letters. Critical comparisons are especially important for understanding Paul’s rhetoric about God, Christ, and other gods in light of both Jewish and non-Jewish myths and traditions. Focusing on 1 Cor 8:1–11:1, 15:23–28, Gal 4:3–10, and Rom 1:18–32, the author finds that Paul’s texts fit with traditions of Jewish polemic that ungenerously misrepresent the gods of other peoples in order to assert their non-existence, relative powerlessness, and subordination. Rather than revealing deities of exceptional power and unrivalled political status, such polemics adapt certain widely shared assumptions about the nature of the gods, especially their human-like attributes and political arrangements.