Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Map
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Historical Context
- 1 The Social and Political Milieu
- 2 The Religious and Philosophical Milieu
- 3 The Historical Jesus
- 4 The Life and Letters of Paul
- Part II The New Testament Writings
- Part III Methods and Modes of Interpretation
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
2 - The Religious and Philosophical Milieu
from Part I - Historical Context
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Map
- Contributors
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- Part I Historical Context
- 1 The Social and Political Milieu
- 2 The Religious and Philosophical Milieu
- 3 The Historical Jesus
- 4 The Life and Letters of Paul
- Part II The New Testament Writings
- Part III Methods and Modes of Interpretation
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion (continued from page iii)
- References
Summary
This chapter focuses on Second Temple Judaism, Greco-Roman religions, and the philosophical schools of the time, with special attention to the ways in which they influence the New Testament.
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- The Cambridge Companion to the New Testament , pp. 25 - 49Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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Long, A. A., and Sedley, D. N.. The Hellenistic Philosophers. 2 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987.Google Scholar
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Rüpke, Jörg. Pantheon: A New History of Roman Religion. Translated by David M. B. Richardson. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2018.Google Scholar
Sanders, E. P. Judaism: Practice and Belief, 63 BCE – 66 CE. Philadelphia: Trinity Press International, 1992.Google Scholar