Illiterate apostles: uneducated early Christians and the literates who loved them
Cover -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Part 1 The Cause of the Criticism -- Chapter 1 An Ethnography of Ancient Literacy -- An Anecdote -- Definitions -- Quantifying Literacy and Education -- Orality and Literacy -- Quantifying Ancient Literacy -- Early Christian Literacy -- The Social...
| Summary: | Cover -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Part 1 The Cause of the Criticism -- Chapter 1 An Ethnography of Ancient Literacy -- An Anecdote -- Definitions -- Quantifying Literacy and Education -- Orality and Literacy -- Quantifying Ancient Literacy -- Early Christian Literacy -- The Social Impact of Literacy and Education -- Ancient Issues and Attitudes -- Attitudes toward Letters -- Attitudes toward the Lettered and Unlettered -- Notes -- Chapter 2 Attitudes toward the Illiterate -- Pagan Perception -- Lucian -- Galen -- Explicit Criticism -- Celsus -- Caecilius -- Implicit Criticism -- Justin -- Athenagoras -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 3 The Christians and the Schools -- Introduction -- Primary Education: Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic -- Secondary Education: Learning the Poets -- Higher Education: Speaking, Thinking, and Living Well -- Rhetorical Schools -- Philosophical Schools -- Exercise -- Imitation -- The Peril of the Pretender -- The Angle of the Apologists -- Notes -- Part 2 A First-Century Christian Reply -- Chapter 4 The Social Dynamics of Î ÎΡΡÎΣÎÎ -- Introduction -- ΠαÏÏηÏία Defined -- The Character of ΠαÏÏηÏία as Speech -- ΠαÏÏηÏία and Social Status -- Strategies for Safety -- Democracy and Friendship -- The Receptive Audience -- The Tolerable Speaker -- Acts 4 and the Social Dynamic ΠαÏÏηÏία -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 5 The Virtue of Î ÎΡΡÎΣÎÎ -- ΠαÏÏηÏία as the Speech of the Courageous -- ΠαÏÏηÏία and Education -- Training (á¼ÏκηÏιÏ) -- Example (ÏαÏάδειγμα) -- The âPhilosophicalâ Setting of Acts 4 -- Philosophical Community -- A Philosophical Jesus -- A Philosophical Paul -- A Philosophical Peter -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Chapter 6 The âEducationâ of the Apostles -- The Power of the Spirit -- The Holy Spirit and Prophecy The Holy Spirit and ÏαÏÏηÏία -- The Example of Jesus -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (191 pages). |
| ISBN: | 0567662896 |