Paul the Middle Platonist?: Exegetical Traditions on Timaeus 28c and the Characterization of Paul in Acts 17:16–31
Paul’s speech to the Areopagus in Acts 17 places the apostle in philosophical dialogue with Stoics and Epicureans. This article identifies important points of contact between Paul’s speech and Middle Platonic exegesis of a famous Platonic phrase from Timaeus 28c. There, the philosopher declares that...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2022
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Harvard theological review
Year: 2022, Volume: 115, Issue: 4, Pages: 477-495 |
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Bible. Apostelgeschichte 17,16-31
/ Plato 427 BC-347 BC, Timaeus 28c
/ God Father
/ Schöpferkraft Gottes
/ Philosophy
/ Platonism
/ History 50 BC-200
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| RelBib Classification: | HC New Testament KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBC Doctrine of God TB Antiquity VA Philosophy |
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Middle Platonism
B Paul B Acts B Philosophy B Stoicism |
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