Philodemus and the New Testament World
Philodemus and the New Testament World
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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 the Epicurean philosopher Philodemus and how they illuminate the cultural context of early Christianity.
'This is an excellent collection of essays…This series of solid contributions to the study of Philodemus and the NT will benefit scholars of both Epicureanism and early Christinity, and indeed all those interested in the Hellenistic world.’ Matt Jackson-McCabe, Journal of Biblical Literature, 2004.
John T. Fitzgerald, Ph.D. (1984) in New Testament, Yale University, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Miami and co-editor of Early Christianity and Classical Culture (Brill, 2003). Dirk Obbink, Ph.D. (1987), Stanford University, is Fellow and Tutor in Greek at Christ Church, Oxford, a 2001 recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, editor of the critical edition of Philodemus’ On Piety (Oxford, 1996), and a General Editor of The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Glenn S. Holland, Ph.D. (1986) in New Testament, University of Chicago, is Thoburn Professor of Religious Studies at Allegheny College and author of Divine Irony (Susquehanna University Press, 2000).
'This is an excellent collection of essays…This series of solid contributions to the study of Philodemus and the NT will benefit scholars of both Epicureanism and early Christinity, and indeed all those interested in the Hellenistic world.’ Matt Jackson-McCabe, Journal of Biblical Literature, 2004.
John T. Fitzgerald, Ph.D. (1984) in New Testament, Yale University, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Miami and co-editor of Early Christianity and Classical Culture (Brill, 2003). Dirk Obbink, Ph.D. (1987), Stanford University, is Fellow and Tutor in Greek at Christ Church, Oxford, a 2001 recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, editor of the critical edition of Philodemus’ On Piety (Oxford, 1996), and a General Editor of The Oxyrhynchus Papyri. Glenn S. Holland, Ph.D. (1986) in New Testament, University of Chicago, is Thoburn Professor of Religious Studies at Allegheny College and author of Divine Irony (Susquehanna University Press, 2000).