TY - BOOK AU - Sandnes,Karl Olav ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - The challenge of Homer: school, pagan poets and early Christianity T2 - T & T Clark library of biblical studies AV - PN1077 .S19 2009eb U1 - 270.1 22 PY - 2009/// CY - London, New York, NY PB - T & T Clark KW - Homer KW - Bible KW - N.T KW - Epistles of Paul KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc KW - History KW - Religion and poetry KW - Education, Ancient KW - Church history KW - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-305) and indexes; School and encyclical education in antiquity; Introduction; School in the Graeco-Roman world; The pivotal role of Homer; Knowledge and formation : the insufficiency of encyclical studies; Philo of Alexandria : a Hellenistic Jew on Greek education; Summary of part 1 --; The Christian agôn over encyclical studies in the first four centuries CE; Justin Martyr, his student Tatian and two Ps.Justins; The apostolic tradition : prohibited occupations; The teaching of the apostles (Didaskalia apostolorum) and the Syriac tradition : 'avoid all the books of the Gentiles'; Tertullian : learning but not teaching encyclical studies; Clement and Origen : Christian teachers in Alexandria; Flavius Claudius Julianus : emperor and apostate : Christian teachers are immoral; The Cappadocian fathers; Jerome : an ascetic addicted to Greek learning; Augustine : liberal studies : a window on the relationship between Greek culture and Christian faith; Summary of part 2 --; Looking back to the New Testament; The New Testament and encyclical studies; Conclusion; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10427110 ER -