The challenge of Homer : school, pagan poets and early Christianity / / Karl Olav Sandnes.

• Superior document: T & T Clark library of biblical studies
• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Sandnes, Karl Olav, 1954-
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Library of New Testament studies ; 400.; Library of New Testament studies. Early Christianity in context.; T & T Clark library of biblical studies.
• Physical Description: xiv, 320 p.
• Other title: 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 agon 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.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-305) and indexes.
• ISBN: 9780567426642 (hbk.); 0567426645 (hbk.)
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Karl Olav Sandnes.