Book contents
- Biblical Philosophy
- Biblical Philosophy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- A Case for Retrieving Hebraic Philosophy
- Part I Philosophical Styles
- Part II Hebraic Philosophy
- Part III Persistence in Hellenistic Judaism
- 5 The Philosophical Styles of Hellenistic Judaism
- 6 Hebraic Philosophical Style in the Gospels
- 7 Paul in Stoic Garments
- Part IV Prototypes of Hebraic Philosophical Arguments
- Ending with a Beginning
- Bibliography
- Index
7 - Paul in Stoic Garments
from Part III - Persistence in Hellenistic Judaism
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 April 2021
- Biblical Philosophy
- Biblical Philosophy
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- A Case for Retrieving Hebraic Philosophy
- Part I Philosophical Styles
- Part II Hebraic Philosophy
- Part III Persistence in Hellenistic Judaism
- 5 The Philosophical Styles of Hellenistic Judaism
- 6 Hebraic Philosophical Style in the Gospels
- 7 Paul in Stoic Garments
- Part IV Prototypes of Hebraic Philosophical Arguments
- Ending with a Beginning
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The scholarly conclusions regarding Paul’s relationship with Hellenistic philosophy center around the parallels between Paul and contemporary philosophers (e.g., Seneca or Epictetus) or philosophies (e.g., Stoicism, Middle Platonism, Epicureanism, etc.), each with varying theses on Paul’s uncritical consumption of such philosophies or his savvy redeployment of Hellenism. Aside from encyclopedic convictions that often fund such comparisons, differences between Paul and Hellenism are discussed less often.What if his dispositions and diatribes could be related to his view of the prophetic office undergirding Hebraic philosophy as easily as they could to the rhetoric of the cynic or stoic? This chapter will suggest that Paul’s style of philosophy is largely Hebraic. However, because Paul’s epistles are audience-centric in their formation, so, too, the style is often garbed in Hellenistic philosophy. Nevertheless, the Hebraic style of philosophy is what drives his effort.
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- Biblical PhilosophyA Hebraic Approach to the Old and New Testaments, pp. 203 - 224Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021