Skip to content

New Testament Redux

THE WEBSITE OF PROF MAX LEE

  • News & Notes
  • About
  • Publications
  • Students
  • Contact
  • News & Notes
  • About
  • Publications
  • Students
  • Contact

death

The Irritating Bite vs. the Sting Which Kills

September 1, 2014by Max LeeComments on The Irritating Bite vs. the Sting Which Kills

It’s been hard to blog with the start-of-the-semester madness, but finally, I can get back to my previous post on Philodemus’ treatise On Death (Book IV).    There I wrote about how the Epicurean sage manages…

Read More

The Sting of Death according to Paul

August 18, 2014by Max LeeComments on The Sting of Death according to Paul

In a previous post on common popular fears surrounding the afterlife (here), I commented on Virgil’s depiction of Hades in the Aeneid and showed pictorially one anonymous artist’s rendition of the three judges of Hades…

Read More

Wake Up O Sleeper!

August 9, 2014by Max LeeComments on Wake Up O Sleeper!

In my previous post on the grave reliefs depicting the agony of separation between the deceased and surviving family (here), I shared how many people in the Greco-Roman world grieved over the prospect of never…

Read More

August Preview from the Chicago Botanical Garden

August 2, 2014by Max LeeComments on August Preview from the Chicago Botanical Garden

My parents are visiting from California and are here for two weeks spending their time with the grandsons, and then on occasion they’ll talk to me as well. But it’s been tough to find time…

Read More

Philodemus on Removing the Sting and Bite of Death

July 21, 2014by Max LeeComments on Philodemus on Removing the Sting and Bite of Death

I’m posting a bit later than I had planned. The family and I went out of town over the weekend to show our support to my youngest son as he competed at a major chess…

Read More

Popular Fear and Dread of the Afterlife

July 13, 2014by Max LeeComments on Popular Fear and Dread of the Afterlife

Apulian red-figure volute κρατήρ by”Underworld Painter” (330-320 BC) Photo from Staatliche Antikensammlungen Museum, Munich, GermanyImage credit: http://www.vroma.org/images/mcmanus_images/ Before I can post on philosophical criticisms lodged against fearing death, I need to outline what those fears were. As…

Read More

Death’s Despair and Despondency

July 5, 2014by Max LeeComments on Death’s Despair and Despondency

The post on writing well was a fun literary get-away, but my “official” July kickstarter is on everyone’s not-so-favorite but inescapable subject: death. I’m reading Philodemus’ On Death (Book 4) and so the subject has been on my…

Read More

Tweets by ProfMaxLee
Visit Us On TwitterVisit Us On FacebookVisit Us On LinkedinVisit Us On InstagramVisit Us On YoutubeCheck Our Feed

Subscribe to New Testament Redux

Enter your email address to subscribe to this website and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Recent Posts

  • Named the Paul W. Brandel Chair of Biblical Studies
  • Best Greek Meme #BabyIota
  • No More Blogging and Retro-fitting New Testament Redux as a Personal Website
  • Speaking at the Chesterton House on “Pleasure and the Good Life”
  • Another Project Finished! Practicing Intertextuality Will Debut at SBL-AAR 2021 San Antonio
  • Craig Keener Gives Moral Transformation a Shout Out on YouTube
  • A Short Review of Moral Transformation with More to Come

Archives

Member of BG²

An Amazon Associate Site

CC LICENSE

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Visit Us On TwitterVisit Us On FacebookVisit Us On LinkedinVisit Us On InstagramVisit Us On YoutubeCheck Our Feed
  • News & Notes
  • About
  • Publications
  • Students
  • Contact

Copyright © 2023 Dr. Max Lee. All rights reserved.

[ Up ]