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Karl Olav Sandnes

The Challenge of Homer

School, Pagan Poets and Early Christianity

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Homer was the gateway to education, to the skills of reading and writing. These skills were necessary for the nascent Church. Knowledge of Homer's writings was a sign of Greekness, of at-home-ness in the society. Education was embedded in the mythology, immorality and idolatry of these writings. This challenged the Christians. This study presents how Christians responded to this. The opinions varied from rejection of Homer and all pagan literature, considering them works of the Devil, to critical involvement with this literature.This study attempts to trace the discourse on Homer and education among the Christians back to the New Testament. T… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-567-60111-7
  • EAN: 9780567601117
  • Produktnummer: 13832191
  • Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
  • Seitenangabe: 336 S.
  • Plattform: PDF
  • Masse: 4'216 KB

Über den Autor


Karl Olav Sandnes is Professor in New Testament Studies at MF Norwegian School of Theology (Det teologiske Menighetsfakultet), Oslo. The author of Paul - One of the Prophets? A New Family. Conversion and Ecclesiology in the Early Church with Cross-Cultural Comparisons and Belly and Body in the Pauline Epistles.

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