Moral Exhortation: A Greco-Roman Sourcebook

Informationen zum Autor Abraham J. Malherbe is Buckingham Professor Emeritus of New Testament Criticism and Interpretation at Yale University. Malherbe has written extensively on the literary and social dimensions of ancient literature and Greco-Roman philosophy. Some of his many books include Moral Exhortation: A Greco-Roman Sourcebook, Paul and the Popular Philosophers, Ancient Epistolary Theorists, and The Letters to the Thessalonians. Klappentext This volume in the Library of Early Christianity series presents primary documents that reveal insights about the ethics and morality of Greco-Roman culture. In so doing, this book provides a foundation for understanding the ethical contexts in which the New Testament was crafted. The Library of Early Christianity is a series of eight outstanding books exploring the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts in which the New Testament developed.

Product details

• Authors: Abraham J. Malherbe
• Publisher: Westminster/Knox
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2008
• EAN: 9780664250164
• ISBN: 978-0-664-25016-4
• No. of pages: 180
• Subject: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works