Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind

Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and his Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-16-149660-8
Verlag: Mohr Siebeck

Buch, Englisch, 658 Seiten, Format (B × H): 233 mm x 156 mm, Gewicht: 1028 g

Reihe: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament : Reihe 2

Max J. Lee provides a synoptic picture of the moral traditions - especially those of Platonism and Stoicism - which shaped the intellectual and cultural environment of Greco-Roman antiquity. He describes each philosophical school's respective teachings on diverse moral topoi such as emotional control, ethical action and habit, character formation, training, mentorship, and deity. He then organizes each school's tenets into systemic models of moral transformation. For Platonism, the author analyzes the works of Plato, Plutarch, Alcinous and Galen; and for Stoicism, Zeno, Chrysippus, Musonius Rufus, Seneca, and Epictetus, among others. He also constructs a taxonomy of six interaction types to gauge how rival religio-philosophical sects, including Diaspora Judaism and Pauline Christianity, appropriated moral traditions from their Greco-Roman environment to articulate their own system of ethics.

Zielgruppe

Students and scholars of New Testament and biblical studies, classical philosophy, Greco- Roman history, corresponding institutes and libraries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lee, Max J.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Lateinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur

Über Autor(innen)

Lee, Max J.
Born 1968; 2002 PhD in Theology; 2002-03 Assistant (Adjunct) Professor of Religious Studies, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA; 2003-06 Visiting Assistant Professor of New Testament, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL; 2006-08 Assistant Professor of New Testament; since 2008 Associate Professor of New Testament, North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL.

Max J. Lee:
Born 1968; 2002 PhD in Theology; 2002-2003 Assistant (Adjunct) Professor of Religious Studies, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA; 2003-2006 Visiting Assistant Professor of New Testament, Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL; since 2006 Assistant Professor of New Testament, North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL.