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| Title: "Foolishness to the Greeks"; Jews and Christians in the public life of the Empire Secondary Title: Philosophy and Power in the Graeco-Roman World; Essays in Honour of Miriam Griffin Pages: 229-249 Type: Book Section Year: 2002 Abstract: Loveday Alexander shows how Graeco-Roman philosophy was used by Jews and Christians to represent their beliefs. Josephus and Philo represented the Jews as a people who loved philosophy, as reflected from the different schools of Jewish thoughts and the Jewish discussions on the Sabbath. The Book of Acts emphasized that Paul defended himself like a philosopher when he was on trial. The models that philosophers defended themselves with free and open speech before tyrants helped constructing a concept of Jewish and Christian martyrdom. Keywords: Philosophy; Josephus; Philo; Paul; Acts; martyrdom |