Anti-Epicurean Polemics in the New Testament Writings

von Stefan Szymik

338 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Stefan Szymik analyses New Testament texts in terms of polemic and anti-Epicurean rhetoric. To what extent and how did Epicurus and his philosophical thought influence the first Christian Churches? How did Christians react to Epicureanism? Although the New Testament only includes one account of an encounter between the Apostle Paul and the Epicureans (Acts 17:18), the probability of their contacts was high, given the popularity of Epicureanism in the Roman Empire in the first century CE. As a vital component of Hellenistic-Roman culture, Epicureanism should be taken into account in research on the New Testament, becoming a point of reference and part of the content of comparative analyses.

• Reihe: Lublin Theological Studies
• Themen: Philosophie und Religion Religion und Glaube Religiöse Aspekte Theologie
• ISBN: 9783525500224
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 09.10.2023
• Größe: 23.5 x 16 cm
• Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Redaktionelle Beratung: Pawel Mąkosa
• Redaktionelle Beratung: Adam Kubiś, Nicholas Adams, Marek Jagodziński, Pawel Mąkosa, Zdzisław Kijas, Juan Luis Lorda, David Fagerberg, Klaus Baumann, Carl-Maria Sultana, Ilaria Ramelli, Łukasz Popko, Dalia Marx