TY - JOUR
T1 - Paul, Plutarch and the Practice of Self-Praise
AU - Smit, P.B.A.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Paul's boasting is often considered to be problematic. This paper explores Pauline boasting from the perspective of Plutarch's views on self-praise. Outlining what kinds of self-praise were and were not acceptable to someone like Plutarch, the paper analyses and positions Paul's boasting in Phil 3 in this context, concluding that, however offensive it may be to modern ears, this boasting was probably less so to the ears of his contemporaries. © 2014 Cambridge University Press.
AB - Paul's boasting is often considered to be problematic. This paper explores Pauline boasting from the perspective of Plutarch's views on self-praise. Outlining what kinds of self-praise were and were not acceptable to someone like Plutarch, the paper analyses and positions Paul's boasting in Phil 3 in this context, concluding that, however offensive it may be to modern ears, this boasting was probably less so to the ears of his contemporaries. © 2014 Cambridge University Press.
U2 - 10.1017/S0028688514000071
DO - 10.1017/S0028688514000071
M3 - Article
SN - 0028-6885
SP - 341
EP - 359
JO - New Testament Studies
JF - New Testament Studies
ER -