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Malherbe, Abraham Johannes was born on May 15, 1930 in Pretoria, South Africa. Arrived in United States, 1951. Son of Abraham Johannes and Cornelia Aletta (Meyer) Malherbe.
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This volume in the Library of Early Christianity series presents primary documents that reveal insights about the ethics and morality of Greco-Roman culture. In so doing, this book provides a foundation for understanding the ethical contexts in which the New Testament was crafted. The Library of Early Christianity is a series of eight outstanding books exploring the Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts in which the New Testament developed.
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These studies continue a tradition of scholarship that flourished around the turn of the century when new editions of ancient philosophical sources were published. Professor Malherbe, however, widens the scope to include other philosophical traditions. He recognizes and identifies the influences of Platonists, Peripatetics, Cynics, Stoics, Epicureans, and Pythagoreans. These popular philosophers aimed at moral reform; they shared both in their substance and in the techniques employed. Yet, they need to be distinguished in order to discern their influence, if any, on Paul.
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In A.D. 49, Paul traveled to Thessalonica, a major city in northern Greece, to preach the gospel. A small group of manual laborers responded positively to his message, resulting in the formation of a church. After spending less than three months with his converts, Paul left the city for southern Greece, ending up in Corinth, from where he wrote two letters to the Thessalonians four months or so after he had left them. These epistles are particularly valuable because they reveal the concerns of Christians new to the faith and Paul's pastoral care as he guides them.Abraham J. Malherbe vividly describes the social, cultural, religious, and philosophical contexts in which the Thessalonians lived, enabling us to better understand Paul's missives. Detailed introductions to the letters, a new translation, and a lively, enlightening commentary make this an indispensable volume for scholar and layperson alike.
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Malherbe, Abraham Johannes was born on May 15, 1930 in Pretoria, South Africa. Arrived in United States, 1951. Son of Abraham Johannes and Cornelia Aletta (Meyer) Malherbe.
Bachelor, Abilene Christian University, 1954. STB, Harvard University, 1957. Student, University Utrecht, The Netherlands, 1961.
Doctor of Theology, Harvard University, 1963. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Pepperdine University, 1981. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Centre College, 1990.
STD (honorary), Providence College, 1994. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), University Pretoria, 2000.
Minister Church of Christ, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1956-1963. Assistant and associate professor Abilene (Texas) Christian University, 1963-1967. Visiting scholar Harvard Divinity School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1967-1968.
Associate professor Abilene Christian University, 1968-1969, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 1969-1970, Yale Divinity School, New Haven, 1970-1977, professor, 1977-1981, Buckingham professor, 1981-1994, associate dean academy affairs, 1987-1989, professor emeritus, since 1994. Guest professor University Pretoria, South Africa, 1989, 98, 2005.
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Member of Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas, Society Biblical Literature, South African New Testament Society (honorary).
Married Phyllis Melton, May 28, 1953. Children: Selina, Cornelia, Abraham Johannes VII.