Persuasion and Force in 4 Maccabees
Appropriating a Political Dialectic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10908436 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Benjamin A Edsall (0000-0001-8321-9312, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic UniversityLocked Bag 4115, Fitzroy mdc, vic 3065Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 92-112 |
| Publication date | 2017-02-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for the Study of Judaism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2212 • E-ISSN: 1570-0631 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15700631-12341137 |
| OpenAlex | W2604990084 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The present study explores the themes of persuasion and force in Greco-Roman political thought and their appropriation in 4 Maccabees. I argue that among Greco-Roman political writers, stretching from Plato to Plutarch, the problem of balancing persuasion and force and their relationship to civic virtues cut to the heart of the varied constitutional theories and proposals. While persuasion was preferred in ideal situations, force was recognized to be an important corollary for the masses (§1). Turning to 4 Maccabees, a good example of the Jewish appropriation of the dominant political philosophy, I demonstrate that the political persuasion/force dynamic is foundational both to the philosophical prologue and the martyr narrative (§2)
Aesthetics · Appropriation · Art · Dialectic · Epistemology · Linguistics · Literature · Martyr · Persuasion · Political philosophy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Theology · Classical Antiquity Studies · Law · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |