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Romans and the Apologetic Tradition: The Purpose, Genre and Audience of Paul's Letter (Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series)

Book information

Year
1995
ISBN
0521471265, 0511520360, 0521619831, 9780511520365, 9780521471268, 9780521619837
LCC
BS2665.2 .G84 1995
Open Library ID
OL1085719M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
1 MB (1121424 bytes)
Pages
214\214
Topic
Education
DPI
300
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This study shows how classical Greek and Hellenistic philosophical and ethical traditions inform Paul's Letter to the Romans. It concentrates especially on Protreptic, a kind of literature deriving its name from the title of a lost writing of Aristotle that has been largely reconstructed by scholars in our time. The Protreptic writers seek to awaken their readers to a realization of human frailty and then to commit themselves to a new way of life. Guerra shows also how the political conditions of Nero's Rome are reflected herein.

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