Plutarch and the New Testament in their religio-philosophical contexts: bridging discourses in the world of the early Roman empire

Plutarch and the New Testament : history, challenges and perspectives / Rainer Hirsch-Luipold -- Why compare Plutarch and the New Testament? The Betz project and the form, function and limitations of Greco-Roman parallel collections / David E. Aune -- Plutarch's Monotheism and the New Testament / Frederick E. Brenk -- "God is the measure of all things" : Plutarch and Philo on the benefits of religious worship / Zlatko Pleše -- When East and West meet : eastern religions and western philosophy in Philo of Alexandria and Plutarch of Chaeronea / Gregory E. Sterling -- Philautia, self-knowledge, and Oikeôsis in Philo of Alexandria and Plutarch / Gretchen Reydams-Schils -- The relation between anthropology and love ethics in John against the backdrop of Plutarchan and Philonic ideas / Athanasios Despotis -- The mechanics of death : Philo's and Plutarch's views on human death / Julian Elschenbroich -- The logos in Amelius' fragment on the Gospel of John and Plutarch's De Iside / Ilinca Tanaseanu-Doebler -- Plutarch's reception in the church fathers / Georgiana Huian -- Plutarch of Chaeronea, clement of Alexandria and the bio- and technomorphic aspects of creation / Lautaro Roig Lanzillota.

"How to read Plutarch in the context of New Testament studies? Almost 50 years after the seminal project on the topic led by Hans Dieter Betz, this volume elevates once again the issue's priority. Bridging discourses is a fitting description both of the religio-philosophical spirit of Plutarch, the Platonist philosopher and priest of Apollo at Delphi, and the task of bringing his writings into fruitful dialogue with the writings of the New Testament, Hellenistic Judaism, and Early Christianity. Taken together, these authors constitute the religious Platonism of the early imperial era. Contributions from the fields of New Testament, classics, philosophy, religious studies, and patristics explore various ways of how to establish these bridges"--