The Interpretation Of The Old Testament In Greco Roman Paganism
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The Interpretation of the Old Testament in Greco Roman Paganism
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Author | : John Granger Cook |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 3161586670 |
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According to the available evidence not many pagans knew the Greek Bible (Septuagint) before the advent of Christianity. Those pagans who later became aware of Christian texts were among the first, according to the surviving data, to seriously explore the Septuagint. They found the Bible to be difficult reading. The pagans who reacted to biblical texts include Celsus (II C.E.), Porphyry (III C.E.), and Julian the Apostate (IV C.E.). These authors thought that if they could refute one of the primary foundations of Christianity, namely its use or interpretation of the Septuagint, then the new religion would perhaps crumble. John Granger Cook analyzes these pagans' voice and elaborates on its importance, since it shows how Septuagint texts appeared in the eyes of Greco-Roman intellectuals. Theirs was not an abstract interest, however, because they knew that Christianity posed a grave danger to some of their dearest beliefs, self-understanding, and way of life.
The Interpretation of the New Testament in Greco Roman Paganism
Author | : John Granger Cook |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : UOM:39015054273902 |
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The Interpretation of the Old Testament in Greco Roman Paganism
Author | : John Granger Cook |
Publsiher | : Mohr Siebeck |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : 3161484746 |
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According to the available evidence not many pagans knew the Greek Bible (Septuagint) before the advent of Christianity. Those pagans who later became aware of Christian texts were among the first, according to the surviving data, to seriously explore the Septuagint. They found the Bible to be difficult reading. The pagans who reacted to biblical texts include Celsus (II C.E.), Porphyry (III C.E.), and Julian the Apostate (IV C.E.). These authors thought that if they could refute one of the primary foundations of Christianity, namely its use or interpretation of the Septuagint, then the new religion would perhaps crumble. John Granger Cook analyzes these pagans' voice and elaborates on its importance, since it shows how Septuagint texts appeared in the eyes of Greco-Roman intellectuals. Theirs was not an abstract interest, however, because they knew that Christianity posed a grave danger to some of their dearest beliefs, self-understanding, and way of life.
Among the Gentiles
Author | : Luke Timothy Johnson |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Christianity and culture |
ISBN | : 0300168101 |
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An acclaimed scholar presents a bold new interpretation of the relationship between Greco-Roman religion and Christianity. The question of Christianity's relation to the other religions of the world is more pertinent and difficult today than ever before. While Christianity's historical failure to appreciate or actively engage Judaism is notorious, Christianity's even more shoddy record with respect to "pagan" religions is less understood. Christians have inherited a virtually unanimous theological tradition that thinks of paganism in terms of demonic possession, and of Christian missions as a rescue operation that saves pagans from inherently evil practices. In undertaking this fresh inquiry into early Christianity and Greco-Roman paganism, Luke Timothy Johnson begins with a broad definition of religion as a way of life organized around convictions and experiences concerning ultimate power. In the tradition of William James's Variety of Religious Experience, he identifies four distinct ways of being religious: religion as participation in benefits, as moral transformation, as transcending the world, and as stabilizing the world. Using these criteria as the basis for his exploration of Christianity and paganism, Johnson finds multiple points of similarity in religious sensibility. Christianity's failure to adequately come to grips with its first pagan neighbors, Johnson asserts, inhibits any effort to engage positively with adherents of various world religions. This thoughtful and passionate study should help break down the walls between Christianity and other religious traditions.
The Religious Context of Early Christianity
Author | : Hans-Josef Klauck |
Publsiher | : Fortress Press |
Total Pages | : 550 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0800635930 |
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Klauck's is a uniquely well-informed and comprehensive guide to the world of religion in the Graeco-Roman environment of early Christianity. Drawing on the most up-to-date scholarship, his volume paints a carefully nuanced portrait of the Christians' religious context. Besides describing ordinary domestic and civic religion and popular belief (including astrology, divination and "magic"), there is extended discussion of mystery cults, ruler and emperor cults, the religious dimensions of philosophy, and Gnosticism. An authoritative work, Klauck's will become a new standard for reference and teaching.
The Reception and Interpretation of the Bible in Late Antiquity
Author | : Lorenzo DiTommaso,Lucian Turcescu |
Publsiher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 639 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9789004167155 |
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The volume is a Festschrift offered to Charles Kannengiesser on the occasion of his 80th birthday and honours him for his numerous scholarly accomplishments. Its twenty-five contributions discuss some of the major issues pertaining to the reception and interpretation of the Bible in late antique Christianity and Judaism. They focus on the ways in which communities and individuals understood the Bible and interpreted its traditions to address their historical, social, and theological requirements. Since the Bible was by far the most important book during these centuries, a discussion of its influence in such contexts will illuminate significant aspects of the formation of western civilisation.
Journal of Greco Roman Christianity and Judaism
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Sheffield Phoenix Press |
Total Pages | : 242 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Christian literature, Early |
ISBN | : 1905048068 |
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The Last Days of Greco Roman Paganism
Author | : Johannes Geffcken |
Publsiher | : North-Holland |
Total Pages | : 366 |
Release | : 1978 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : UVA:X000014354 |
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