Description
This volume examines the use of Paul’s writing within the work of ante-Nicene apologetic writers. It takes apologetics as a broad genre in which many early Christian writers participated, offering rhetorical defenses for emerging aspects of doctrine, rooted in understanding of the scriptures, and often specifically the writings of Paul.
The volume interacts with the writings of many significant ‘apologetic’ writers, including: Melito of Sardis, Clement of Alexandria, Tatian, Tertullian, Hippolytus and Cyprian. The chapters examine how these early Christian writers used the letters of Paul to develop their own philosophical ideas and defenses of aspects of the emerging Christian faith. The internationally renowned contributors have all been specially commissioned for this volume, and an afterword by Todd D. Still considers the question of whether or not Paul was an ‘apologist’ himself.
Table of Contents
The Apologists and Paul: An Introduction – David E. Wilhite, Baylor University, USA
1. The Pauline Writings and the Apology of Aristides – Paul Foster, University of Edinburgh, UK
2. Reading the Story of Abraham with Paul and Justin – Susan J. Wendel, Horizon Seminary, Saskatoon, Canada3. Reconsidering Pauline Influence in Tatian – Jennifer Strawbridge, Oxford University, UK4. The Apostle Invisibly Present in Both Athenagoras and Pseudo-Athenagoras – David Rankin, Trinity Theological College, Brisbane, Australia5. Paul and the Jewish-Christian Apologists: Melito, Aristo of Pella, and Hegesippus – Alistair C. Stewart, St. Peter’s Church, Upton-Cum-Chalvey, UK6. Pauline Writings and Theophilus’s Ad Autolycum – Stuart E. Parsons, Trinity College of Florida, USA7. Clement of Alexandria and Paul: Reception of the Apostle’s Legacy in Clement’s Works – Piotr Ashwin-Siejkowski, King’s College London, UK8. Tertullian the Apologist and Paul – Benjamin D. Haupt, Concordia Seminary, Missouri, USA and University of Birmingham, UK9. The Critique of Rhetorical Eloquence in 1 Corinthians 1-2 and Minucius Felix, Octavius 14-15 – Paul Hartog, Faith Baptist Theological Seminary, USA10. The Use of Paul in Hippolytus’s De Antichristo – Wally Vincente Cirafesi, Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study, Uppsala, Sweden and Lund University, Lund, Sweden11. Paul in Novatian: The Christ Hymn of Philippians 2 – James Papandrea, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, USA12. The Pauline Writings in Dionysius of Alexandria – Lincoln H. Blumell, Brigham Young University, USA13. Cyprian’s Reception of Paul – Edwina Murphy, Australian College of Theology, Sydney, Australia14. Pauline Reception in Arnobius of Sicca and Lactantius – Michael Simmons, Auburn University, USA15. Pauline Influence on Methodius – Elizabeth DePalma Digeser, University of California, Santa Barbara, USAAfterword: Was Paul an Apologist? – Todd D. Still, Baylor University, USAIndex
