Friendship, Flattery, and Frankness of Speech - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Friendship, Flattery, and Frankness of Speech write by John Fitzgerald. This book was released on 2014-04-09. Friendship, Flattery, and Frankness of Speech available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume deals with the topics of friendship, flattery, and frankness of speech in the Greco-Roman world. The three topics were often related, with candor or frank criticism viewed as the trait that distinguished the true friend from the flatterer. The book's eleven essays are divided into three parts. The first part introduces the volume and discusses the three topics in the thought of Philodemus and Plutarch. Part two deals with Paul's use of friendship language in his correspondence with the Church at Philippi. Part three examines the concept of frankness (parrhesia) in Paul, Luke-Acts, Hebrews, and the Johannine corpus. The volume will be particularly useful to NT Scholars, classicists, and modern theologians and ethicists who are interested in the theory and practice of friendship in antiquity.
Philodemus and the New Testament world [electronic resource]
Philodemus and the New Testament world [electronic resource] - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Philodemus and the New Testament world [electronic resource] write by John Thomas Fitzgerald. This book was released on 2004. Philodemus and the New Testament world [electronic resource] available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The fifteen essays in this volume, rooted in the work of the Hellenistic Moral Philosophy and Early Christianity Section of the SBL, examine the works of Philodemus and how they illuminate the cultural context of early Christianity. Born in Gadara in Syria, Philodemus (ca. 110-40 BCE) was active in Italy as an Epicurean philosopher and poet. This volume comprises three parts; the first deals with Philodemus' works in their own terms, the second situates his thought within its larger Greco-Roman context, and the third explores the implications of his work for understanding the earliest Christians, especially Paul. It will be useful to all readers interested in Hellenistic philosophy and rhetoric as well as Second Temple Judaism and early Christianity.
The Challenge to Friendship in Modernity
The Challenge to Friendship in Modernity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Challenge to Friendship in Modernity write by Heather Devere. This book was released on 2013-11-05. The Challenge to Friendship in Modernity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In antiquity, it was not only Aristotle who assumed the people are more to be understood in relation to one another than as individual or solitary constructs. This examination considers the changing attitudes to friendship since antiquity.
In Praise of Christian Origins
In Praise of Christian Origins - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook In Praise of Christian Origins write by Todd Penner. This book was released on 2004-06-18. In Praise of Christian Origins available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Almost all scholars look to Acts 6:1-8:3 as providing the bedrock of early Christian tradition. The incident between the Hebrews and the Hellenists are understood to reflect real historical and theological problems in the early Jerusalem community, demonstrating the Hellenist role as a historical bridge between Jesus and Paul. Penner's study challenges the fundamental assumptions of this approach. Penner emphasizes the rhetorical and moral dimensions of ancient historiographical theory, especially the centrality of narrative and plot, the use of vivid description, the application of comparison using various type-scenes, and the role of speeches in terms of characterization and the presentation of narrative style. Todd Penner is the Assistant Professor of Religion at Austin College and the co-editor with Caroline Vander Stichele of Contextualizing Acts: Lukan Narrative and Greco-Roman Discourse.
Friendship in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age
Friendship in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Friendship in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age write by Albrecht Classen. This book was released on 2011-03-29. Friendship in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Although it seems that erotic love generally was the prevailing topic in the medieval world and the Early Modern Age, parallel to this the Ciceronian ideal of friendship also dominated the public discourse, as this collection of essays demonstrates. Following an extensive introduction, the individual contributions explore the functions and the character of friendship from Late Antiquity (Augustine) to the 17th century. They show the spectrum of variety in which this topic appeared ‐ not only in literature, but also in politics and even in painting.
