Corinthian Wisdom, Stoic Philosophy, and the Ancient Economy

This work re-examines the divisive wisdom that Paul addresses in 1 Corinthians. Challenging the recent consensus that the Corinthians'' wisdom was rooted primarily in the Greco-Roman rhetorical tradition, Timothy A. Brookins offers a revisionary thesis centered on discourse similarities between the perspective of the Corinthian ''wise'' and the Stoic system of thought. Brookins argues that several...