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The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, Date: 2014. 1st . Hardcover. Fine/fine. Text in English. Signed by the author on the title page. 2014. Mohr Siebeck ISBN 3161532600 US
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Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, Date: 2014. 1st . Hardcover. Fine/fine. Text in English. Signed by the author on the title page. 2014. Mohr Siebeck ISBN 3161532600 9783161532603 [US]
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ISBN10: 3161532600, ISBN13: 9783161532603, [publisher: Mohr Siebeck, Tubingen] Hardcover First Edition Text in English. Signed by the author on the title page. [Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2014]
ISBN10: 3161532600, ISBN13: 9783161532603, [publisher: JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck)] Hardcover Hardcover. Paul's visit to Athens, in particular his Areopagus speech, is one of the most well known excerpts of early Christian literature. It is the most significant speech by Paul to a Gentile audience in Acts and functions as a literary crest of the overall narrative. Yet at the same time the speech is brief and possesses few specifically Christian terms. Critical analyses describe it as eclectican ad hoc blend of Greek and Jewish elements. In this study, Clare K. Rothschild explores how the apparently miscellaneous and impromptu components of Paul's speech and visit to Athens cohere when compared to the nexus of ubiquitously popular second-century traditions crystallized around the ancient Cretan prophet Epimenides. Precursor to the Rip Van Winkle legend, Epimenides was numbered among the seven sages, dubbed anr oeios by Plato, and venerated as cult transfer figure par excellence for transferring Cretan Zeus worship to Athens. Rothschild exposes correspondences between Epimenidea and the Lukan Paul, focusing on, but not limited to, the altar inscribed to "an unknown god" and the saying, "In him we live and move and have our being" (17:28a). Scholars have overlooked the significance of Epimenidean traditions by clinging too fervently to the presence of Stoic and Epicurean philosophers in Acts 17. The present treatment does not deny connections be ...
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