Re-Appropriating "Marvellous Fables" : Justin Martyr's Strategic Retrieval of Myth in 1 Apology.

Edwin Hatch provided a colourful portrait of the religious world to which Justin Martyr belonged: ""The main subject-matter of ... literary education [amongst the pagans] was the poets. ... They were read as we read the Bible. They were committed to memory. The minds of men were saturated...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pretila, Noël Wayne
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : James Clarke & Co, 2014.
Temas:
Justin, > Martyr, Saint. > Apologies. > Apology 1.
Apologies (Justin, Martyr, Saint)
Apologetics > Early works to 1800.
Mythology, Greek.
Myth in the Bible.
Apologétique > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Mythologie grecque.
Mythe dans la Bible.
RELIGION > Philosophy.
Apologetics
Myth in the Bible
Mythology, Greek
Early works
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Edwin Hatch provided a colourful portrait of the religious world to which Justin Martyr belonged: ""The main subject-matter of ... literary education [amongst the pagans] was the poets. ... They were read as we read the Bible. They were committed to memory. The minds of men were saturated with them. A quotation from Homer or from a tragic poet was apposite on all occasions and in every kind of society"" (The Influence of Greek Ideas on Christianity, 1957). So when some of these pagans converted to Christianity in Justin's day, is it reasonable to assume that they simply ""forgot"" these my
Descripción Física:1 online resource (182 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780227902684
0227902688

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