The Challenges of Homer - School, Pagan Poets and Early Christianity, Karl Olav Sandnes
The aim of this book is literacy, the reading skill which accessed the cultural canon dominated by Homer's writings. The topic, The Challenges of Homer, therefore, provides a pathway to understand how the Christians viewed the Hellenistic culture which developed from the time of Alexander the G...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2010
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| In: |
Neotestamentica
Year: 2010, Volume: 44, Issue: 2, Pages: 385-386 |
| Further subjects: | B
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| Summary: | The aim of this book is literacy, the reading skill which accessed the cultural canon dominated by Homer's writings. The topic, The Challenges of Homer, therefore, provides a pathway to understand how the Christians viewed the Hellenistic culture which developed from the time of Alexander the Great until the first centuries C.E.; Greek education held a significant role in conveying these traditions and values. The historical material in this study, thus, serves the purpose of looking into one of the main hermeneutical challenges which faced Christians: Are they allowed to participate in the reading of pagan texts, and if so, how should they do it? |
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| ISSN: | 2518-4628 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Neotestamentica
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.10520/EJC83377 |