Early Christianity and Greek Paideia

Name: Early Christianity and Greek Paideia
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ISBN: 9780674220522

ISBN-10: 0674220528

ISBN-13: 9780674220522

Edition: 1961

Authors: Werner Jaeger

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This small book, the last work of a world-renowned scholar, has established itself as a classic. It provides a superb overview of the vast historical process by which Christianity was Hellenized and Hellenic civilization became Christianized. Jaeger shows that without the large postclassical expansion of Greek culture the rise of a Christian world religion would have been impossible. He explains why the Hellenization of Christianity was necessary in apostolic and postapostalic times; points out similarities between Greek philosophy and Christian belief; discuss such key figures as Clement, Origen, and Gregory of Nyssa; and touches on the controversies that led to the ultimate complex…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Copyright year: 1961
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 10/15/1985
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 162
Size: 5.37" wide x 8.25" long x 0.40" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English



Preface



Part II



Part IV



Part VI



Notes


Index