Document Type

Contribution to Book

Publication Date

2013

Abstract

This chapter focuses on three related aspects of the function of the term parrēsia in the characterization of the philosopher that stand out and will be useful for the subsequent assessment of the function of the term in Acts; they are: (a) the association of parrēsia and conflict with ruling authorities; (b) divine commission as the source of parrēsia; and (c) the significance of Socrates as the model for later philosophers.

Editor

Rubén R. Dupertuis & Todd Penner

Publisher

Acumen

City

Durham

ISBN

9781844657353

Publication Information

Engaging Early Christian History: Reading Acts in the Second Century

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