Max J. Lee

Moral Transformation in Greco-Roman Philosophy of Mind

Mapping the Moral Milieu of the Apostle Paul and his Diaspora Jewish Contemporaries
[Moralische Bildung in der griechisch-römischen Philosophie des Geistes. Eine Kartographie des moralischen Milieus des Apostel Paulus und seiner Zeitgenossen in der jüdischen Diaspora.]
2020. XXXV, 658 pages.
DOI 10.1628/978-3-16-159431-1
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Max J. Lee examines the philosophies of Platonism and Stoicism during the Greco-Roman era and their rivals including Diaspora Judaism and Pauline Christianity on how to transform a person's character from vice to virtue. He describes each philosophical school's respective teachings on diverse moral topoi such as emotional control, ethical action and habit, character formation, training, mentorship, and deity.

Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe (WUNT II)