Doing Things with Words in the First Christian Century (e-bog) af Francis Gerald Downing, Downing

Doing Things with Words in the First Christian Century e-bog

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Although its religious heritage was that of a variegated Judaism, the tiny early Christian movement was nevertheless much more complexly and richly linked with the Graeco-Roman world in which it came to birth than is usually allowed for. In particular, 'ordinary' people were capable of a sophisticated use of words that can be detected also in the New Testament writings. But the use of words in ...
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Forfattere Francis Gerald Downing, Downing (forfatter)
Udgivet 1 oktober 2000
Længde 274 sider
Genrer HRLB
Sprog English
Format pdf
Beskyttelse LCP
ISBN 9780567349804
Although its religious heritage was that of a variegated Judaism, the tiny early Christian movement was nevertheless much more complexly and richly linked with the Graeco-Roman world in which it came to birth than is usually allowed for. In particular, 'ordinary' people were capable of a sophisticated use of words that can be detected also in the New Testament writings. But the use of words in Graeco-Roman times was often very different from what we suppose, and this collection of studies attempts to identify some of the anachronisms that still pervade even the best of modern scholarship.