Anti-Epicurean Polemics in the New Testament Writings

Anti-Epicurean Polemics in the New Testament Writings

Stefan Szymik

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FörlagVandenhoeck & Ruprecht
ISBN9783647500225

Stefan Szymik analyses New Testament texts in terms of polemic and anti-Epicurean rhetoric. To what extent and how did Epicurus and his philosophical thought influence the first Christian Churches? How did Christians react to Epicureanism? Although the New Testament only includes one account of an e