Early Christianity and Classical Culture: Comparative Studies in Honor of Abraham J. Malherbe

Table of contents

• Title Page iv
• Contents vii
• Abbreviations xv
• Preface 1
• Quod EST Comparandum - The Problem of Parallels 13
• A Bibliography of the Writings of Abraham J. Malherbe 41
• Part I - Graphos 47
• The ΘEia ΦyΣiΣ of Hippocrates and of Other [Divine Men] 49
• Making Scents of Paul the Background and Sense of 2 Cor 2:14–17 71
• [In Those Days] Some Remarks on the Use of [Days] in Matthew 2:1, 3:1, and Luke 2:1 89
• Distinct Lexical Meanings of AΠapxh in Hellenism, Judaism and Early Christianity 103
• Compilation of Letters in Cicero's Correspondence 131
• A Reexamination of the Epistolary Analysis Underpinning the Arguments for the Composite Nature of Philippians 157
• Part II - HΘO∑ Ethos 179
• The Parable of the Foolish Rich Man (Luke 12:16–20) and Graeco-Roman Conventions of Thought and Behavior 181
• Radical Altruism in Philippians 2:4 197
• Transformation of the Mind and Moral Discernment in Paul 215
• Creation, Shame and Nature in I Cor 11:2–16 - The Background and Coherence of Paul's Argument 237
• Civic Concord and Cosmic Harmony Sources of Metaphoric Mapping in 1 Clement 20:3 259
• Part III Logos 275
• Logos or Sophia - The Pauline Use of the Ancient Dispute between Rhetoric and Philosophy 277
• The Toppling of Favorinus and Paul by the Corinthians 291
• Rhetoric and Reality in Galatians Framing the Social Demands of Friendship 307
• Apostrophe, and Paul's Rhetorical Education 351
• Analogy and Allegory in Classical Rhetoric 371
• The Art of Praise Philo and Philodemus on Musk 391
• Part IV EΘNoΣ - Ethnos 427
• Paul and His Predecessors in the Diaspora Some Reflections on Ethnic Identity in the Fragmentary Hellenistic Jewish Authors 429
• The Jewish Paul among the Gentiles Two Portrayals 461
• The Cultural Origin of [Receiving All Nations] in Luke-Acts - Alexander the Great or Roman Social Policy? 483
• Did the Churches Compete with Cult Groups? 501
• Men, Women and Marital Chastity - Public Preaching and Popular Piety at Rome 525
• Part V - NomoΣ Nomos 553
• [The Mind Is Its Own Place] - Defining the Topos 555
• Nomos Plus Genitive Noun in Paul - The History of God's Law 575
• Household Rules at Ephesus - Good News, Bad News, No News 589
• The Washing of Adam in the Acherusian Lake (Greek Life of Adam and Eve 37.3) in the Context of Early Christian Notions of the Afterlife 609
• Last Wills and Testaments in Graeco-Roman Perspective 637
• Index of Ancient Sources 673
• Index of Modern Scholars 727
• Supplements to Novum Testamentum 741

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