Early Christianity and Greek Paideia (Belknap Press) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 72 hours | |Short Description for Early Christianity and Greek Paideia This small book, the last work of a world-renowned scholar, has established itself as a classic. It provides a superb overview of the vast historical process by which Christianity was Hellenized and Hellenic civilization became Christianized. Jaeger shows that without the large postclassical expansion of Greek culture the rise of a Christian world religion would have been impossible. He explains ...
Full description- Publisher: The Belknap Press
- Published: 08 June 2006
- Format: Paperback 162 pages
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- Categories: Architecture | Sacred & Religious Music | Classical History / Classical Civilisation | Religion: General | Christianity | Early Church
- ISBN 13: 9780674220522 ISBN 10: 0674220528
- Sales rank: 356,770
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Full description for Early Christianity and Greek Paideia
This small book, the last work of a world-renowned scholar, has established itself as a classic. It provides a superb overview of the vast historical process by which Christianity was Hellenized and Hellenic civilization became Christianized. Jaeger shows that without the large postclassical expansion of Greek culture the rise of a Christian world religion would have been impossible. He explains why the Hellenization of Christianity was necessary in apostolic and postapostalic times; points out similarities between Greek philosophy and Christian belief; discuss such key figures as Clement, Origen, and Gregory of Nyssa; and touches on the controversies that led to the ultimate complex synthesis of Greek and Christian thought.
