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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783492603321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2004

ISBN

1-280-46668-5

9786610466689

1-4237-1098-3

90-474-0144-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

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

Altri autori (Persone)

BreytenbachCilliers <1954->

WelbornL. L. <1953->

Disciplina

270.1

Soggetti

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

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.