Paul in the Greco-Roman world
Subtitle: a handbook
By: edited by J. Paul Sampley
Edition: Second edition
Publisher: Bloomsbury T & T Clark
Published: 2016
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 473
ISBN-13: 9780567656711; 9780567657060
Subjects: Civilization, Greco-Roman
Description: "This landmark handbook, written by distinguished Pauline scholars, and first published in 2003, remains the first and only work to offer lucid and insightful examinations of Paul and his world in such depth. Together the two volumes that constitute the handbook in its much revised form provide a comprehensive reference resource for new testament scholars looking to understand the classical world in which Paul lived and work. Each chapter provides an overview of a particular social convention, literary of rhetorical topos, social practice, or cultural mores of the world in which Paul and his audiences were at home. In addition, the sections use carefully chosen examples to demonstrate how particularly features of Greco-Roman culture shed light on Paul's letters and on his readers' possible perception of them. For the new edition all the contributions have been fully revised to take into account the last ten years of methodological change and the helpful chapter bibliographies fully updated. Wholly new chapters cover such issues as Paul and Memory, Paul's Economics, honor and shame in Paul's writings and the Greek novel."--Bloomsbury Publishing

This landmark handbook, written by distinguished Pauline scholars, and first published in 2003, remains the first and only work to offer lucid and insightful examinations of Paul and his world in such depth. Together the two volumes that constitute the handbook in its much revised form provide a comprehensive reference resource for new testament scholars looking to understand the classical world in which Paul lived and work. Each chapter provides an overview of a particular social convention, literary of rhetorical topos, social practice, or cultural mores of the world in which Paul and his audiences were at home. In addition, the sections use carefully chosen examples to demonstrate how particularly features of Greco-Roman culture shed light on Paul's letters and on his readers' possible perception of them. For the new edition all the contributions have been fully revised to take into account the last ten years of methodological change and the helpful chapter bibliographies fully updated. Wholly new chapters cover such issues as Paul and Memory, Paul's Economics, honor and shame in Paul's writings and the Greek novel
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: v. 1. Paul and adaptability / Clarence E. Glad; title: Paul, adoption, and inheritance / James C. Walters, revised by Jerry L. Sumney; title: Paul and associations / Richard S. Ascough; title: Paul and boasting / Duane F. Watson; title: Paul and circumcision / Troy W. Martin; title: Paul and commendation / Efrain Agosto; title: Paul, exemplification, and imitation / Benjamin Fiore, revised by Thomas R. Blanton, IV; title: Paul and rhetorical comparison / Christopher Forbes; title: Paul and Greco-Roman education / Ronald F. Hock; title: Paul and family life / Margaret Y. MacDonald; title: "Better to marry than to burn" : St Paul and the Greek novel / Loveday Alexander; title: Paul and frankness speech / J. Paul Sampley; title: Paul and friendship / John T. Fitzgerald; title: Paul and the games / Alan H. Cadwallader.; title: v. 2. Paul, hardships, and suffering / David E. Fredrickson; title: Paul, honor, and shame / David A. deSilva; title: Paul and indifferent things / Will Deming; title: Paul and literacy / John C. Poirier; title: Paul, marriage, and divorce / O. Larry Yarbrough; title: Paul and maxims / Rollin A. Ramsaran; title: Paul and memory / Peter-Ben Smit; title: Paul and pater familias / L. Michael White; title: Paul, patrons, and clients / Peter Lampe; title: Paul and performance / Glenn S. Holland; title: Paul and self-mastery / Stanley Stowers; title: Paul and slavery / J. Albert Harrill; title: Paul and social memory / Rafael Rodríguez; title: Paul, virtues, vices, and household codes / Stanley E. Porter; title: Epilogue : Living in an evil aeon : Paul's ambiguous relation to culture (toward a taxonomy) / J. Paul Sampley.