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Intellectual Hegemony, Conversion Discourse and Early Christian Apologetic Literature [PDF]

open access: goldReligions, 2021
The present study aspires to catch a glimpse of a peculiar phenomenon in the history of religions, namely, the competitive character of early Christian apologetic literature in its attempt to confront head-on the non-Christian ideological life-world and,
Vassilios Adrahtas
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Pauline Pseudepigrapha and Early Christian Literacy: Are the Clues Hidden Right in Front of US?

open access: yesReligions, 2023
Within Biblical scholarship, there have been a limited number of studies which examine ancient literacy and education in relation to the production of the Deutero-Pauline letters.
Justin P. Paley
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Greek Literature and Christian Doctrine in Early Christianity: A Difficult Co-Existence [PDF]

open access: diamondLiterature, 2023
This paper traces the complex relationship between classical literature and Christian doctrine in the first four centuries. In the earliest period of Christianity, we can identify two attitudes of Christians towards Greek literature: the hostile attitude
Roberta Franchi
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Recent Discoveries in Early Christian Literature [PDF]

open access: bronzeThe Biblical World, 1915
Synesius the scholar walks the streets of Alexandria with a strange figure at his side. An Oxford don with the unlovely garments of the twentieth century looks oddly out of place among the tunics, cloaks, and togas that fill those brilliant fourth-century streets.
Edgar J. Goodspeed
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Religion without fear. Plutarch on superstition and Early Christian Literature

open access: goldVerbum et Ecclesia, 1997
After some introductory remarks on the role of fear in religious discourse. Plutarch s treatise On Superstition is analysed according to its rhetorical outline.
H-J Klauck
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Dramaturgical Tricks in the Clementine Literature

open access: yesLea, 2023
The Clementine novel (written in the 4th century CE and set in the 1st century CE) incorporates a palette of comic features. Using the “Taxonomy of ” and the “Script Theory” developed by Attardo and Raskin within the framework of the General Theory of ...
Sergio Basso
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