Philo and Paul among the Sophists: Alexandrian and Corinthian Responses to a Julio-Claudian Movement

by Bruce W. Winter

In this highly acclaimed work, Bruce Winter gathers for the first time all the available evidence on the first-century sophistic movement from two major centers of learning in the East. Together with the writings of the contemporary Hellenistic Jews, Philo and Paul, he discusses all the protagonists and antagonists of this movement in Alexandria and Corinth. This study provides important insights into the problems that this elitist movement created for Diaspora Jews in Alexandria and for Christians in Corinth. It also traces the origins of the Second Sophistic to the reign of Nero. Substantially revised and including a new foreword by G. W. Bowersock, this volume is also supported by a web site -- www.sophists.info -- featuring additional archaeological evidence and photographs.

328 pages, Paperback

First published August 28, 1997

About the author

Originally from Toowoomba, Bruce and his wife Lyn lived in Cambridge for over 20 years, where Bruce was the Warden of Tyndale House, a leading centre for evangelical biblical scholarship. Bruce previously lectured in New Testament at Moore Theological College and in Singapore. He is a widely respected authority on the historical background to the New Testament, having published many works in this area as well as on Paul’s letters to the Corinthians.

Reviews

[Y.R.M. Breemes · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book demands a lot of knownlegde before you can make something out of it.
Winter brings many sofists, philosofers, teachers etc. some are explained others are just namend without explaining in the book. It's also a problem that Winter uses a lot of Greek without always explaining or translating. Now my Greek is with the help of tools not that back but it really demands a lot of effert, because the points he wants to make are based on different translations of the Greek texts.