Plutarch and the New Testament in Their Religio-Philosophical Contexts

Bridging Discourses in the World of the Early Roman Empire

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Rainer Hirsch-Luipold
How to read Plutarch in the context of New Testament studies? Almost 50 years after the seminal project on the topic led by Hans Dieter Betz, this volume elevates once again the issue’s priority. Bridging discourses is a fitting description both of the religio-philosophical spirit of Plutarch, the Platonist philosopher and priest of Apollo at Delphi, and the task of bringing his writings into fruitful dialogue with the writings of the New Testament, Hellenistic Judaism, and Early Christianity. Taken together, these authors constitute the religious Platonism of the early imperial era. Contributions from the fields of New Testament, classics, philosophy, religious studies, and patristics explore various ways of how to establish these bridges.
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2022
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Rainer Hirsch-Luipold is Professor of New Testament and History of Ancient Religions, Faculty of Theology, University of Bern and Extraordinary Professor, University of Stellenbosch (SA), Department of Ancient Studies. He has published monographs, articles and edited volumes on Plutarch, including: Rainer Hirsch-Luipold/Lautaro Roig Lanzillotta (eds.), Plutarch’s Religious Landscapes, Leiden 2021; Plutarchs Denken in Bildern. Studien zur literarischen, philosophischen und religiösen Funktion des Bildhaften, Tübingen 2002.
Introduction
 Rainer Hirsch-Luipold

Part 1 Plutarch and the New Testament Revisited



1 Plutarch and the New Testament: History, Challenges and Perspectives
 Rainer Hirsch-Luipold

2 Why Compare Plutarch and the New Testament? The Betz Project and the Form, Function and Limitations of Greco-Roman Parallel Collections
 David E. Aune

3 Plutarch’s Monotheism and the New Testament
 Frederick E. Brenk

Part 2 Plutarch, Philo and the New Testament



4 “God Is the Measure of All Things”: Plutarch and Philo on the Benefits of Religious Worship
 Zlatko Pleše

5 When East and West Meet: Eastern Religions and Western Philosophy in Philo of Alexandria and Plutarch of Chaeronea
 Gregory E. Sterling

6 Philautia, Self-Knowledge, and Oikeôsis in Philo of Alexandria and Plutarch
 Gretchen Reydams-Schils

7 The Relation between Anthropology and Love Ethics in John against the Backdrop of Plutarchan and Philonic Ideas
 Athanasios Despotis

8 The Mechanics of Death: Philo’s and Plutarch’s Views on Human Death
 Julian Elschenbroich

Part 3 Plutarch, the New Testament and the Church Fathers



9 The Logos in Amelius’ Fragment on the Gospel of John and Plutarch’s De Iside
 Ilinca Tanaseanu-Doebler

10 Plutarch’s Reception in the Church Fathers
 Georgiana Huian

11 Plutarch of Chaeronea, Clement of Alexandria and the Bio- and Technomorphic Aspects of Creation
 Lautaro Roig Lanzillota

Index Locorum
Index Rerum
Academics and students interested in Plutarch and ancient religion and philosophy more generally, New Testament scholars and historians of philosophy and religion with a focus on imperial Platonism, Hellenistic Judaism, and Early Christianity.
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