Paul and the Popular Philosophers

by Malherbe, Abraham J.

• ISBN13: 9780800638528
• ISBN10: 0800638522
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-01
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub

Summary

These studies continue a tradition of scholarship that flourished around the turn of the century when new editions of ancient philosophical sources were published. Professor Malherbe, however, widens the scope to include other philosophical traditions. He recognizes and identifies the influences of Platonists, Peripatetics, Cynics, Stoics, Epicureans, and Pythagoreans. These popular philosophers aimed at moral reform; they shared both in their substance and in the techniques employed. Yet, they need to be distinguished in order to discern their influence, if any, on Paul.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Abbreviations	p. xiii
Ancient Sources	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
Self-Definition among the Cynics	p. 11
Me Genoito in the Diatribe and Paul	p. 25
"Gentle as a Nurse": The Cynic Background to 1 Thessalonians 2	p. 35
Exhortation in 1 Thessalonians	p. 49
Paul: Hellenistic Philosopher or Christian Pastor?	p. 67
The Beasts at Ephesus	p. 79
Antisthenes and Odysseus, and Paul at War	p. 91
Medical Imagery in the Pastoral Epistles	p. 121
"In Season and Out of Season": 2 Timothy 4:2	p. 137
"Not in a Corner": Early Christian Apologetic in Acts 26:26	p. 147
A Physical Description of Paul	p. 165
Indexes	p. 171
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