This gradual, but highly diversified, dissemination of Greek ‘theory’ may be observed in Hellenistic Judaism (e.g. Philo) and among the earliest Christians (e.g. Paul). And this is where the Graeco-Roman contextualization of the New Testament proves particularly helpful for making modern scholars understand the New Testament texts. For here the modern wish for intelligibility meets with material in the New Testament itself whose ‘Greek’, quasi-‘theoretical’ or philosophical character may provide