This is a quick post with some follow-up posts to come. I just looked over the indices of Practicing Intertextuality. They are done and submitted. The book is off to press. PTL! Practicing Intertextuality…
competitive acculturation
It is finished! Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind (Part 1)
Pre-Print Graphic. The WUNT2 monograph is forthcoming in June 2020 After 15+ years of off-and-on research time, trying to find gaps in a hectic teaching schedule, two sabbaticals, and every summer and winter break spent…
Intertextuality in the New Testament Section SBL Denver 2018
Invited Plenary Speakers for the Intertextuality in the New Testament SectionTheme: Ancient Exegetical Methods inGreco-Roman Discourse and the New TestamentSBL Denver 2018 It’s been quite some time since I revisited my blog but I have…
Competitive Acculturation, Part 2: Alcinous and the Stoics on Good Emotions
[Warning! going turbo nerd again:] Remember that in a previous post (long ago, in a time far far away…[here]) I cited Thiessen’s definition of competitive syncretismas: “Rivals in the marketplace in part resemble one another…
First Category: Competitive Acculturation
I did not expect such a gap between posts, but once I finished grading, there was Christmas, a family getaway, and now I’m frantically preparing for a travel course to Greece this January 3-11… only…
Defining a Critical Method for Detecting Greco-Roman Allusions
So much work has been done on OT echoes in the NT, and several monographs have attempted to refine Richard Hays’ 7 criteria for recognizing an echo (Echoes of Scripture in the Letters of Paul,…