Bruce W. Winter is the former warden of Tyndale House, Cambridge, and a respected authority on the historical background to the New Testament.
Journal of Jewish Studies
"A thoroughly engaging book. With masterful strokes, Winter proves
that the Second Sophistic had roots which can be traced back to the
first part of the first century. More dramatically, Winter also
shows that Philo and Paul had similar responses to some of the
spiritual challenges of their day." Journal of Biblical
Literature
"This is a remarkable and valuable study. . . Winter's sketch of
first-century sophistry gives us a clearer picture of Paul's
rhetorically adept opponents and provides further important
historical context for the growing body of rhetorical studies of
Paul's letters." Catholic Biblical Quarterly
"Winter merits praise for his careful reconstruction of the context
which led to significant themes in Philo's and Paul's oral and
written work. He advances the interpretive strategy of reading Paul
through the lens of Greco-Roman rhetoric."
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