LA ΠΡOΝΟΙΑ DEL PRAESES PROVINCIAE : NOTE DI LESSICOLOGIA GIURIDICA: DA ACT. AP. 24.2 ALLE FONTI GIURISPRUDENZIALI E DOCUMENTARIE

Abstract

ABSTRACT
The paper aims to show that the use of the word πρόνοια in Acts 24:2 does not have the generic ethical or
philosophical meaning of ‘providence’, as often found in the commentaries, but the juridical meaning of ‘farsighted
provisions’. This interpretation is supported by a wide examination of contemporary literary, epigraphic
and papyrological sources, where one can find a frequent and formalized use of this lexeme in reference to the
administrative activity of emperors and governors of provinces.

KEYWORDS
Πρόνοια, governatori provinciali, procurator Iudaeae, Atti degli apostoli.