By the mid-second century Christian writers were engaging in debates with educated audiences from non-Jewish Graeco-Roman cultural backgrounds. A remarkable feature of some of the texts from this period is how extensively they refer to the Jewish scriptures, even though those scriptures were unfamiliar to non-Jewish Graeco-Romans. In Worshipping a Crucified Man, Jeremy Hudson explores for the first time why this should have been so by examining three works by Christian converts originally educated in Graeco-Roman traditions: Justin Martyr”s First Apology, Tatian”s Oratio and Theophilus of Antioch”s Ad Autolycum. Hudson considers their literary strategies, their use of quotations and allusions and how they present the Jewish scriptures; all against the background of the Graeco-Roman literary culture familiar to both authors and audiences. The scriptures are presented as a critically defining feature of Christianity, instrumental in shaping the way the new religion presented itself, as it strove to engage with, and challenge, the cultural traditions of the Graeco-Roman world.
Jeremy Hudson
Worshipping a Crucified Man [EPUB ebook]
Christians, Graeco-Romans and Scripture in the Second Century
Worshipping a Crucified Man [EPUB ebook]
Christians, Graeco-Romans and Scripture in the Second Century
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Formato EPUB ● ISBN 9780227907351 ● Casa editrice The Lutterworth Press ● Pubblicato 2021 ● Scaricabile 3 volte ● Moneta EUR ● ID 7924372 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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