Paul and Seneca in dialogue / edited by Joseph R. Dodson, David E. Briones.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dodson, Joseph R., editor.

Briones, David E., editor.

Series:

Ancient philosophy & religion ; volume 2.

Ancient philosophy & religion ; volume 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Paul, the Apostle, Saint--Theology.

Paul.

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus, approximately 4 B.C.-65 A.D.

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus.

Paul, the Apostle, Saint.

Theology.

Physical Description:

xviii, 340 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2017]

Contents:

Seneca and Paul: the first two thousand years

Some observations on Paul and Seneca as letter writers

Jesus Christ and the wise man: Paul and Seneca on moral sages

Paul and Seneca on suffering

Benefiting others and benefit to oneself: Seneca and paul on "altruism"

Paul and Seneca on the self-gift

"We are debtors": grace and obligation in Paul and Seneca

(Dis)correspondence of Paul and Seneca on slavery

Paul and Seneca on women

Paul and Seneca on the body

Paul and Seneca on the cross: the metaphor of crucifixion in Galatians and De Vita Beata

Paul in Philippians and Seneca in Epistle 93 on the life after death and its present implications

The salvation of creation: Seneca and Paul on the future of humanity and of the cosmos

Epilogue: the Stoic and the saint.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Paul and Seneca in dialogue.

ISBN:

9789004341357

9004341358

OCLC:

965535119

Publisher Number:

99972580252