Greco-Roman Culture and the New Testament : Studies Commemorating the Centennial of the Pontifical Biblical Institute.
Material type: TextSeries: Novum Testamentum, Supplements SerPublisher: Leiden : BRILL, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (232 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789004226548Subject(s): Civilization, Greco-RomanGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Greco-Roman Culture and the New Testament : Studies Commemorating the Centennial of the Pontifical Biblical InstituteDDC classification: 225.6/7 LOC classification: BS511.3 -- .G74 2012ebOnline resources: Click to ViewIntro -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction -- The Role of Rhetorical Elaboration in the Formation of Mark's Passion Narrative (Mark 14:43-16:8): An Enquiry -- Logos and Pneuma in the Fourth Gospel -- The Enigma of Imperial Cultic Activities and Paul in Corinth -- Pauline Paraenesis in Romans 12 and Greek Gnomic Wisdom -- Most Beautiful and Divine: Graeco-Romans (Especially Plutarch), and Paul, on Love and Marriage -- Clement of Alexandria on Woman and Marriage in the Light of the New Testament Household Codes -- Traveling Up and Away: Journeys to the Upper and Outer Regions of the World -- The Polyvalent Imagery of Rev 3:20 in the Light of Greco-Egyptian Divination Texts -- The Sibyl and the Apocalypses: Generic Relationships in Hellenistic Judaism and Early Christianity -- Index of Subjects -- Index of Modern Authors -- Index of New Testament Passages.
Focusing on a strength of the faculty of the Pontifical Biblical Institute, this volume is a collection of nine essays by an international group of scholars who have used texts from the Greco-Roman world to illuminate various aspects of the New Testament.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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