Paul and the Agon Motif: Traditional Athletic Imagery in the Pauline Literature

PAUL AND THE AGON MOTIF: TRADITIONAL ATHLETIC IMAGERY IN THE PAULINE LITERATURE
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Table of Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
	1. The Problem and the Sources
	2. An Evaluation of Previous Literature
A. THE HELLENISTIC AGON TRADITION AND ITS ORIGINS
	I. The Spirit and Ideals of Greek Athletics
		1. The Spirit of Rivalry and Self-Assertion
		2. The Nature of the Games as Holy
		3. The Greek Gymnasium and its Ideals
	II. The Agon Motif in Greek and Hellenistic Philosophy
		1. From Xenophanes to Aristotle
		2. The Agon Motif in Cynic and Stoic Moral Philosophy
		3. The Agon Motif in the Mystery Religions and Gnosticism
	III. Hellenistic Judaism and the Agon Tradition
		1. Philo
		2. The Greek Bible
		3. Fourth Maccabees and the Jewish Pseudepigrapha
		4. Josephus
	IV. Palestinian Judaism and the Games
B. THE ATHLETIC METAPHOR AND TERMINOLOGY IN PAUL
	Preliminary Remarks
	V The Apostolic Agon for the Gospel
		1. The Self-Apology of the Apostle in I Cor 9 :24-27
		2. “Lest I run or have run in vain”
		3. Contending for the Faith – the Pale Athletic Termini
	Appendix to Chapter V: The άγωνία of Jesus in Gethsemane, LK 22:44
	VI. The Characterisation of the Christian Calling as a Race
		1. The Right Christian δρόμος
		2. The Striving for Perfection in Christ Phil 3- :12-14
		3. The Crown or Prize of the Race
	VII. The Agon Motif and the Military Image in Paul
	VIII. The Agon Motif in the Pastoral Epistles
		1. The Athlete and Soldier of Christ
		2. Timothy\'s γυμνασία in Godliness
		3. The \"Good Contest of Faith\"
	Conclusion: Paul\'s Place in the Agon Tradition
C. OUTLINES IN THE POST-PAULINE DEVELOPMENT
Bibliography
Index of Authors
Index of References