The challenge of Homer [electronic resource] : school, pagan poets and early Christianity / Karl Olav Sandnes.
Series: Library of New Testament studies ; 400. | Library of New Testament studies. Early Christianity in context. | T & T Clark library of biblical studiesPublication details: London ; New York, NY : T & T Clark, c2009.Description: xiv, 320 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:- 270.1 22
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-305) and indexes.
School and encyclical education in antiquity. Introduction ; School in the Graeco-Roman world ; The pivotal role of Homer ; Knowledge and formation : the insufficiency of encyclical studies ; Philo of Alexandria : a Hellenistic Jew on Greek education ; Summary of part 1 -- The Christian ag�on over encyclical studies in the first four centuries CE. Justin Martyr, his student Tatian and two Ps.Justins ; The apostolic tradition : prohibited occupations ; The teaching of the apostles (Didaskalia apostolorum) and the Syriac tradition : 'avoid all the books of the Gentiles' ; Tertullian : learning but not teaching encyclical studies ; Clement and Origen : Christian teachers in Alexandria ; Flavius Claudius Julianus : emperor and apostate : Christian teachers are immoral ; The Cappadocian fathers ; Jerome : an ascetic addicted to Greek learning ; Augustine : liberal studies : a window on the relationship between Greek culture and Christian faith ; Summary of part 2 -- Looking back to the New Testament. The New Testament and encyclical studies ; Conclusion.
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