Why Do We Need Rules?

Why Do We Need Rules? - Big Questions, Big World

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Publisher's Synopsis

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 this book, Jeremy Hudson explores 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.

Book information

ISBN: 9781526310316
Publisher: Hachette Children's Group
Imprint: Wayland
Pub date:
DEWEY: 170
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 32
Weight: 318g
Height: 228mm
Width: 227mm
Spine width: 9mm