P. Derek Overfield PhD Thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText

of Wisdom speculation and Stoic philosophy.
Our examination of the 1tt.npWJlo,
concept in Stoic
thought, coupled with the results of our examination
of the same concept in Ephesians, particular
attention having been paid to content and context,
will determine whether or not our hypothesis can be
substantiated.
But before turning to the use made
of the term in Stoicism we must conclude our examination
of possible Jewish sources with a discussion of at
least one suggested source derived from Rabbinical
speculation.
3.1.3 Rabbinic Literature
Our specific concern at this point is
with the possibility that the Rabbinic concept of
the
concept.
is a possible source for the
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S. Aalen argues that the author of
Ephesians (for him Paul) used the
term in
such a way that it was meant to include all that the
Jews intended with the concept of nJ~J\1
"t • ,.
Aalen does not mean to imply that the terms can be
equated, but rather that they are formally and
materially parallel, particularly as they relate to
Co 1 1: 19 , 2 : 9 • The argument centres on Xa,"t;OLxfi