Language:
English
Year of publication:
2021
Titel der Quelle:
Biblical Research
Angaben zur Quelle:
66 (2021) 86-100
Keywords:
Tobin, Thomas H.,
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Paul, Criticism and interpretation
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New Testament. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Christianity and other religions Judaism Early church, ca. 30-600
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History
Abstract:
This article describes the use of Greco-Roman and Hellenistic Jewish rhetoric and philosophy by Thomas H. Tobin, SJ, in his interpretation of the New Testament, in particular the letters of Paul. His approach highlights how Paul, as well as other NewTestament authors including the author of the Prologue of John, is part of the speculativetradition of Hellenistic Judaism. Paul is a recipient of such a tradition, as are otherHellenistic Jews like Philo. However, Tobin demonstrates how Paul not only appropriatesthis speculative tradition but transforms it in such a way that would have been consideredoffensive not only to Palestinian and Hellenistic Jews, but also to the larger Greco-Romanphilosophical traditions.
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