title: Petrus Socraticus? Socratic Reminiscences in Luke’s Portrait of the Apostle Peter
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metadata.value: Becker, Matthias
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metadata.value: 2020-09-09T09:59:26Z
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metadata.value: 2020-09-09T09:59:26Z
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metadata.value: 2020-03
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metadata.value: Matthias Becker. Petrus Socraticus? Socratic Reminiscences in Luke’s Portrait of the Apostle Peter. Philologia Classica 2020, 15 (1), 54–71.
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metadata.value: https://doi.org/10.21638/spbu20.2020.105
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/19322
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: New Testament scholars have long argued that in Acts 17:16–34 Luke depicts Paul in such
  a way as to evoke Socrates’ modus philosophandi and to echo his trial and apology. While
  this argument can be based on sufficiently clear philological indications, there are other,
  comparatively vague and more general Socratic reminiscences in Luke-Acts, e.  g. in the
  Gethsemane episode which shows that for the Lukan Jesus death is not a terrifying prospect.
  This study reads Luke’s portrayal of the apostle Peter through the lens of the exemplum Socratis
  as presented by Greek and Roman intellectuals in the first and early second centuries CE,
  including Dio Chrysostom, Epictetus, Plutarch, and Seneca. The author argues that the humble
  origins of Peter, his non-academic profession, his poverty, his lack of formal education, and
  his unbreakable commitment to obey God and to spread the Christian message in spite of the
  threat of judges are reminiscent of major elements of the reception of Socrates in the period
  that Luke-Acts was probably composed (c. 80–100  CE). Highlighting the subtle Socratic
  components in Luke’s depiction of Peter not only helps to shed new light on Peter’s alleged lack
  of education (Acts 4:13). It also helps to understand, firstly, how the literary depiction of early
  Christian teaching figures is shaped by roughly contemporaneous philosophical discourses,
  and secondly, that Peter’s literary image, although it presents a totally different type of teaching
  figure than Paul, serves in its own way to exemplify the compatibility of the Christian religion
  with particular strands of ancient philosophy
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: en
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Philologia Classica;Volume 15; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: New Testament
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Luke-Acts
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Peter
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Socrates
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Greco-Roman education
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: (il-)literacy
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Petrus Socraticus? Socratic Reminiscences in Luke’s Portrait of the Apostle Peter
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metadata.value: Article
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