Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Paul and Roman Stoicism: Romans 12 and Contemporary Stoic Ethics

Thorsteinsson, Runar LU (2006) In Journal for the Study of the New Testament 29(2). p.139-161
Abstract
Exemplifying a rather widespread attitude among Pauline scholars, it has recently been argued on the basis of Rom. 12 that Paul differed sharply from the Stoics in his moral teaching. The present article aims to show that such a claim does not hold if and when the sources of Roman Stoicism are taken into consideration. A comparison of Paul’s moral teaching in Rom. 12 and contemporary Stoic ethics reveals that, whereas the two differ somewhat in scope (particular vs. universal), the differences are clearly outweighed by the many, striking similarities.
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
organization
publishing date
type
Contribution to journal
publication status
published
subject
keywords
Stoicism, Paul, ethics, moral teaching, Romans, agape
in
Journal for the Study of the New Testament
volume
29
issue
2
pages
139 - 161
publisher
SAGE Publications
external identifiers
  • scopus:84990317190
ISSN
0142-064X
DOI
10.1177/0142064X06072835
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
7f56d8fa-99b2-4659-aefd-617d25e40331 (old id 163602)
date added to LUP
2016-04-01 15:46:33
date last changed
2022-01-28 07:00:26
@article{7f56d8fa-99b2-4659-aefd-617d25e40331,
  abstract     = {{Exemplifying a rather widespread attitude among Pauline scholars, it has recently been argued on the basis of Rom. 12 that Paul differed sharply from the Stoics in his moral teaching. The present article aims to show that such a claim does not hold if and when the sources of Roman Stoicism are taken into consideration. A comparison of Paul’s moral teaching in Rom. 12 and contemporary Stoic ethics reveals that, whereas the two differ somewhat in scope (particular vs. universal), the differences are clearly outweighed by the many, striking similarities.}},
  author       = {{Thorsteinsson, Runar}},
  issn         = {{0142-064X}},
  keywords     = {{Stoicism; Paul; ethics; moral teaching; Romans; agape}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{139--161}},
  publisher    = {{SAGE Publications}},
  series       = {{Journal for the Study of the New Testament}},
  title        = {{Paul and Roman Stoicism: Romans 12 and Contemporary Stoic Ethics}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0142064X06072835}},
  doi          = {{10.1177/0142064X06072835}},
  volume       = {{29}},
  year         = {{2006}},
}