New Testament Among the Writings of Antiquity

Name: New Testament Among the Writings of Antiquity
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By Detlev Dormeyer

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In this useful work, Dormeyer assesses the influence of Hellenistic culture upon the New Testament as a literary work. There is no denying the impact of Jewish literature upon the New Testament, but even those Jewish antecedents were themselves not infrequently imprinted with Hellenistic characteristics. Dormeyer's method is to consider in turn the literary forms (Gattungen) of the New Testament, outlining with many examples the parallels between the New Testament and Hellenistic literature. The Synoptic sayings, for instance, are closest in character to the Hellenistic gnome, though the representation of Jesus as an eschatological and prophetic wisdom teacher shows a marked difference from other teachers of wisdom in Hellenistic circles. Other areas of close correspondence with Hellenistic literature lie in the form and rhetoric of the New Testament epistles, and in the structure of the Gospels, which invoke the canons of Hellenistic historiography and biography. Throughout, Dormeyer is at pains to stress the contours of the special quality of the New Testament literature as the product of a quite small community that nevertheless brought into being a number of authors of exceptional talent.

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Binding:: Paperback
Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 326
Release Date:: 1999-09-01
Publication Date:: 1997-01-01
Publisher:: Bloomsbury 3PL
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 18507586030871796767
ISBN13:: 9781850758600
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 497 g
Height:: 156 cm
Width:: 234 cm
Thickness:: 18 cm

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