Ancient Philosophy and Early Christianity

Gideon R. Kotzé, DTh (2011), Stellenbosch University, is research professor in the Focus Area Ancient Texts at the Faculty of Theology, North-West University. His most recent monograph is Images and Ideas of Debated Readings in the Book of Lamentations (Mohr Siebeck, 2020).Philip R. Bosman, PhD (1996), University of Pretoria, is Professor of Classics in the Department of Ancient Studies, Stellenbosch University. His main interests are in Greek literature and philosophy, with recent articles on Plutarch’s Alexander, Julian on leadership, courts at Persepolis and the philosophical Heracles.Contributors are Philip Bosman, Cilliers Breytenbach, Clive Chandler, Gabriele Cornelli, Annemarie de Villiers, Chris L. de Wet, David du Toit, John T. Fitzgerald, Rainer Hirsch-Luipold, Carl R. Holladay, David Konstan, Gideon R. Kotzé, Constantinos Macris, Jeremy Punt, Gretchen Reydams-Schils, Clare K. Rothschild, David Runia, Gregory E. Sterling, L. L. Welborn.

• ContentsAbbreviationsContributors1 At the Borders of the New TestamentIntroduction to the VolumeGideon R. Kotzé and Philip R. Bosman2 Popular or Religious?An Ongoing Discussion with Johan Thom’s Concept of Philosophy in Early Imperial TimesRainer Hirsch-Luipold3 Did Ancient Philosophers Read Philo? Philo of Alexandria and PlotinusGregory E. Sterling4 Popular Philosophy and the Placita of AëtiusDavid T. Runia5 Cynics in the CrosshairsThe loci classici for the Anonymous Cynics of the Early Roman EmpirePhilip R. Bosman6 The Oracular Theme in Plato’s Apology of SocratesClive Chandler7 Transatlantic UtopiasPlato’s Republic and the Guarani Missions in South AmericaGabriele Cornelli8 La lecture néoplatonicienne de la biographie de Pythagore par JambliqueQuatre exemples tirés de son traité Sur le mode de vie pythagoricienConstantinos Macris9 John Chrysostom on PythagoreanismChris L. de Wet10 When Horses WeepAnimal Emotions and Human Suffering in the AeneidAnnemarie de Villiers11 Taxation in the Early Greek World and the Ethics of Tax Compliance and Evasion in Early Greek Moral ThoughtJohn T. Fitzgerald12 Did All First-Century Roads Lead to Rome? The Politics of Biblical (nt) TravelsJeremy Punt13 Dionysius of Halicarnassus’s Roman Antiquities as a Comparative Text for Luke–ActsCarl R. Holladay14 Writing the Sublime in a Destitute TimeL.L. Welborn15 Crucifying Desires—Desires CrucifiedOn the Meaning of Two Crucifixion Metaphors (Seneca De vita beata 19.3; Gal 5:24)David du Toit16 Which Seneca, Which Paul? The Pseudepigraphic CorrespondenceGretchen Reydams-Schils17 Miracles of the Young JesusDavid Konstan18 Acts of TimothyThe Latin TraditionClare K. Rothschild19 Imperative Aspect in the Gospel according to MarkPerformative Instruction through Direct SpeechCilliers Breytenbach20 Johan Thom’s Contribution to Hellenistic Philosophy and Early JudaismGideon R. KotzéIndex of AuthorsIndex of Subjects