Corpus-Paul

["John Brand" <jbrand AT gvsd.mb.ca>]

> >Why wouldn't language Paul used resonate 
> >from philosophical thought represented in Cicero or Lucretius 
> >(Epicurean) or (later) Marcus Aurelius (Stoic)? 
> >
> Paul wasn't writing to Stoics.  Epictetus postdates Paul. It's
> therefore anachronistic to project Paul in dialogue with Stoicism.

John responds:
The Stoics were followers of Zeno as was Epictetus and Marcus 
Aurelius. Zeno is well represented in Cicero who pre-dates Paul. 
Since it is not anachronistic to have Paul in dialogue with Stoicism; 
why would we not take into account language in Paul that would 
resonate with the Stoic? For example, Krister Stendahl points out 
that Romans 7 runs like an old Stoic argument (Paul Among Jews and 
Gentiles).

Regards,

John Brand

B.A. (Providence College, 1980)
M.Min. (Providence Seminary, 1990)