Re-Appropriating 'Marvellous Fables'

Re-Appropriating 'Marvellous Fables'
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Publisher : James Clarke & Company
Total Pages : 182
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ISBN-10 : 9780227902684
ISBN-13 : 0227902688
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Book Synopsis Re-Appropriating 'Marvellous Fables' by : Noel Wayne Pretila

Download or read book Re-Appropriating 'Marvellous Fables' written by Noel Wayne Pretila and published by James Clarke & Company. This book was released on 2014-09-25 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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


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