The Benefactor's Account-book: The Rhetoric of Gift Reciprocation according to Seneca and Paul
According to Seneca, a cardinal rule of benefaction is that the donor of a gift ought never to call attention to the fact that a gift has been given; it humiliates the donee and shames the donor. In reminding Philemon that he ‘owes’ Paul for the latter's mediation of the gift of salvation (Phlm...
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2013
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New Testament studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 59, Issue: 3, Pages: 396-414 |
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Economics
B Seneca Indians B Poison B Benefaction B Paul B Patronage |
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