Epochs and Styles
Selected Writings on the New Testament, Greek Language and Greek Culture in the Post-Classical Era
edited by Lars Rydbeck, Stanley E Porter, translated by Denis Searby
This book contains essays by Albert Wifstrand, most of which have previously only been published in Swedish. The author brings his range of learning and insight to bear on fundamental questions regarding the Greek of the New Testament. By bringing a full range of stylistic, grammatical and socio-historical data into consideration, Wifstrand finds a place for the language of the New Testament within the evolution of post-classical Greek. This includes full appreciation of the so-called classicistic renaissance in language and culture in the early Empire and its influence on the development of later Greek. Wifstrand’s firm grasp of the full history of the Greek language and culture from classical to Byzantine times allows him to offer original insights into the difference between Greek and modern prose style. In the course of his discussions, he also offers insightful analysis of how the Greeks viewed the Romans, the ancient views of the child, and how ancient cosmology was related to their conception of the entire universe. Writers that he treats in detail include the New Testament authors of Luke and Acts, the Epistles of James and Peter, Melito, and Galen, among others.
- Edited by Stanley E Porter
- Edited by Lars Rydbeck
- Translated by Denis Searby
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From the Lost Teaching of Polycarp
Identifying Irenaeus' Apostolic Presbyter and the Author of Ad Diognetum
Volume 186
Schriftgelehrte Prophetie
Der eschatologische Teufelsfall in Apc Joh 12 und seine Bedeutung für das Verständnis der Johannesoffenbarung
Paul’s Gospel for the Thessalonians and Others
Essays on 1 & 2 Thessalonians and Other Pauline Epistles
Volume 481
Revenge, Compensation, and Forgiveness in the Ancient World
A Comparative Study of Interpersonal Infringement and Moral Repair
Volume 515
Witwen, Recht und Gerechtigkeit
Diskurse über Witwen im frühen Christentum als Rezeptionsorte prophetischer und weisheitlicher Kulturkritik
Messiah and Exaltation
Jewish Messianic and Visionary Traditions and New Testament Christology
Volume 207
The Prologue of the Gospel of John
Its Literary, Theological, and Philosophical Contexts. Papers read at the Colloquium Ioanneum 2013
The Gospel of Matthew in its Historical and Theological Context
Papers from the International Conference in Moscow, September 24 to 28, 2018
Die distanzierte Darstellung des Wunderbaren in der Apostelgeschichte
Eine erzähltechnische Konvention antiker Historiographie bei Lukas
Josephus und das Neue Testament
Wechselseitige Wahrnehmungen. II. Internationales Symposium zum Corpus Judaeo-Hellenisticum. 25.-28. Mai 2006, Greifswald
The Tenants in the Vineyard
Ideology, Economics, and Agrarian Conflict in Jewish Palestine
Volume 195
The History of Religions School Today
Essays on the New Testament and Related Ancient Mediterranean Texts
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