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Paul and Roman Stoicism: Romans 12 and Contemporary Stoic Ethics

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Author

  • Runar Thorsteinsson

Summary, in English

Exemplifying a rather widespread attitude among Pauline scholars, it has recently been argued on the basis of Rom. 12 that Paul differed sharply from the Stoics in his moral teaching. The present article aims to show that such a claim does not hold if and when the sources of Roman Stoicism are taken into consideration. A comparison of Paul’s moral teaching in Rom. 12 and contemporary Stoic ethics reveals that, whereas the two differ somewhat in scope (particular vs. universal), the differences are clearly outweighed by the many, striking similarities.

Publishing year

2006

Language

English

Pages

139-161

Publication/Series

Journal for the Study of the New Testament

Volume

29

Issue

2

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Topic

  • Religious Studies

Keywords

  • Stoicism
  • Paul
  • ethics
  • moral teaching
  • Romans
  • agape

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0142-064X