Encounters with Hellenism : studies on the First letter of Clement / edited by Cilliers Breytenbach & Laurence L. Welborn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Breytenbach, Cilliers, 1954-

Welborn, L. L., 1953-

Series:

Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums ; Bd. 53.

Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums, 0169-734X ; 53

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity and culture--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Christianity and culture.

Clement I, Pope. First epistle of Clement to the Corinthians.

Clement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume deals with the encounter of Early Christianity with Hellenistic culture, particularly with the question of ancient rhetorical influence on the First Letter of Clement. It contains reprints of two classical studies by A. von Harnack and W. Jaeger, which were seminal for the understanding the letter against a Hellenistic background, furthermore it makes an important essay of the Dutch scholar W.C. van Unnik on the literary and rhetorical genre of First Clement ( genos symbouleutikon ) for the first time available in English. The editors also present two new studies: Breytenbach describes the Hellenistic background of Clement's use of metaphorical language and Welborn questions the traditional dating of First Clement on the basis of an analysis of the rhetorical situation.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Cilliers Breytenbach and Laurence L. Welborn

Das Schreiben der Römischen Kirche an die Korinthische aus der Zeit Domitians (I. Clemensbrief) / Harnack A.

Early Christianity and the Greek Paideia: 1 Clement / Jaeger W.

Studies on the So-Called First Epistle of Clement. The Literary Genre / W. C. Unnik

Civic Concord and Cosmic Harmony. Sources of Metaphoric Mapping in 1 Clement 20:3 / C. Breytenbach

The Preface to 1 Clement: The Rhetorical Situation and the Traditional Date / L. L. Welborn

Index of Authors / Cilliers Breytenbach and Laurence L. Welborn

Index of Textual References / Cilliers Breytenbach and Laurence L. Welborn

Index of Subjects / Cilliers Breytenbach and Laurence L. Welborn

Arbeiten zur Geschichte des Antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums / Cilliers Breytenbach and Laurence L. Welborn.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-280-46668-5

9786610466689

1-4237-1098-3

90-474-0144-1

OCLC:

191039304

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047401445 DOI