Title: Epicureanism and the Gospel of John :
Authors: King, Fergus John,
Date: 2020
Publisher: Mohr Siebeck,
Physical description: 231 pages ; 24 cm.
Language: English
LC classification: B
Abstract: "The Gospel of John and Epicureanism share vocabulary and reject the conventions of Graeco-Roman theology. Would it then have been easy for an Epicurean to become a Christian or vice-versa? Fergus J. King suggests that such claims become unlikely when detailed analyses of the two traditions are set out and compared. The first step in his examination looks at evidence for potential engagement between the two traditions historically and geographically. Both traditions address concerns about the good life, death, and the divine. However, this correspondence soon unravels as their worldviews are far from identical. Shared terms (like Saviour), their respective rituals, and teaching about community life reveal substantial differences in ethos and behaviour." --provided by publisher
Contents: Whence "Compatibility"? -- The Shape of This Study -- A Time and A Place : The Fourth Gospel and Epicureanism -- The Spread of Epicureanism -- The Provenance of the FG -- Potential Locations for the Encounter of Epicureanism and the FG -- Epicureanism in Alexandria -- Epicureanism in Asia Minor -- Epicureanism in Syria -- The Pleasure Principle -- The Principles of Epicureanism -- The Principles of the FG -- Death : Something or Nothing? -- Death in Epicureanism -- Death in the FG -- The "Atheists'" Gods -- The Gods of Epicureanism -- God in the FG -- Founding Figures -- The Epicurean ... -- Ritual : Epicurean Cult Practice -- The ... in the FG -- A Ritual Meal in the FG? -- Friendship and Discipleship : The Garden and "the Johannine Community" -- Schools and Communities -- Epicurean Communities -- Epicurean Psychagogy -- Epicurean ... -- Epicurean ... -- The Epicureans and the World -- The FG and "the Johannine Community" -- Psychagogy in the FG -- ... in the FG -- ... in the FG -- The FG and the World -- Whither "Compatibility"? --
Subject headings (LCSH): Bible. John--Criticism, interpretation, etc.; Epicureans (Greek philosophy)