Paul and the Greco-Roman Philosophical Tradition [Hardcover]

Paul and the Greco-Roman Philosophical Traditionprovides 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.

List of Abbreviations
Notes on Contributors
Preface

Foreword: Troels Engberg-Pedersen

Introduction: Andrew W. Pitts

1. Powers, Baptism, and the Ethics of the Stronger: Paul Among the Ancient Political Philosophers - Niko Huttunen
2. Paul and (Pan)theism - Runar M. Thorsteinsson
3. Bruce Winter and the Language of Benefaction in Romans 13.3 - Andrew W. Pitts and Bahij
Ajluni
4. Paul and Aristotle on Friendship - Dave E. Briones
5. Paul and the Militia Spirituals Topos in 1 Thessalonians - Nijay Gupta
6. Divine Causation and Prepositional Metaphysics in Philo of Alexandria and the Apostle Paul - Orrey McFarland
7. Early Conceptions of Original Sin - And its Overcoming. Reading Galatians 4.21-31 Through Philo's De Opficio Mundi - Gitte Buch-Halcd