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The ethics of obscene speech in early Christianity and its environment /
This book aims to contextualize early Christian rhetoric about foul language by asking such questions as: Where was foul language encountered? What were the conventional arguments for avoiding (or for using) obscene words? How would the avoidance of such speech have been interpreted by others? A car...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2008.
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| Colección: | Supplements to Novum Testamentum ;
v. 128. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book aims to contextualize early Christian rhetoric about foul language by asking such questions as: Where was foul language encountered? What were the conventional arguments for avoiding (or for using) obscene words? How would the avoidance of such speech have been interpreted by others? A careful examination of the ancient uses of and discourse about foul language illuminates the moral logic implicit in various Jewish and Christian texts (e.g. "Sirach", "Colossians", "Ephesians", the "Didache", and the writings of Clement of Alexandria). Although. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxi, 279 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-260) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789047433675 904743367X 128306104X 9781283061049 9786613061041 6613061042 |
| ISSN: | 0167-9732 ; |