Greco-Roman Perspectives on Friendship. Society of Biblical Literature ; 34.

From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Minimally rubbed, allover very good and clean. - Contents: 1. John T. Fitzgerald: Friendship in the Greek World Prior to Aristotle -- 2. Frederic M. Schroeder: Friendship in Aristotle and Some Peripatetic Philosophers -- 3. Benjamin Fiore, SJ.: The Theory and Practice of Friendship in Cicero -- 4. Johan C. Thom: �Harmonious Equality�: The Topos of Friendship in Neopythagorean Writings -- 5. Edward N. O�Neil: Plutarch on Friendship -- 6. David L. Balch: Political Friendship in the Historian Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities -- 7. Ronald F. Hock: An Extraordinary Friend in Chariton�s Callirhoe: The Importance of Friendship in the Greek Romances -- 8. Richard I. Pervo: With Lucian: Who Needs Friends? Friendship in the Toxaris -- 9. Katherine G. Evans: Friendship in the Greek Documentary Papyri and Inscriptions: A Survey -- 10. Gregory E. Sterling: The Bond of Humanity: Friendship in Philo of Alexandria -- 11. Alan C. Mitchell: �Greet the Friends by Name�: New Testament Evidence for the Greco-Roman Topos on Friendship. - Introduction: The essays contained in this volume are the result of research conducted by members of the Hellenistic Moral Philosophy and Early Christianity Group, a program unit of the Society of Biblical Literature. The impetus for the formation of this working group was provided by Professor Abraham J. Malherbe of Yale Divinity School, who suggested it at the 1988 SBL Annual Meeting in Chicago. He wished to see the Society form a collaborative group that would give close attention to ancient texts, both pagan and Christian, treating them in their own right as well as in relation to each other. He envisioned an interdisciplinary group of scholars, diverse in their training and methodological presuppositions, but united in their devotion to the careful study of ancient documents. Such a group would include not only NT scholars, but also classicists, students of ancient philosophy, ancient historians, cultural and historical anthropologists, and others who were interested in Christian origins. In response to his suggestion, about two dozen scholars held an organizational and planning session at the 1989 SBL Annual Meeting in Anaheim. A proposal for the formation of a program unit devoted to the study of hellenistic moral philosophy and early Christianity was submitted soon thereafter to the Society, which promptly approved it. ISBN 9780788502712