The challenge of Homer : school, pagan poets and early Christianity / / Karl Olav Sandnes.
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| Superior document: | T & T Clark library of biblical studies |
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 320 p. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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.