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Encounters with Hellenism : studies on the First letter of Clement / Society of Biblical Literature abbreviation for series: AGJU edited by Cilliers Breytenbach and Laurence L. Welborn. - 1 online resource (viii, 231 pages) - Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums, 53 0169-734X ; . - Arbeiten zur Geschichte des antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums 53. Ancient Judaism & Early Christianity Online, ISBN: 9789004365223. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Preliminary Material / Das Schreiben der Römischen Kirche an die Korinthische aus der Zeit Domitians (I. Clemensbrief) / Early Christianity and the Greek Paideia: 1 Clement / Studies on the So-Called First Epistle of Clement. The Literary Genre / Civic Concord and Cosmic Harmony. Sources of Metaphoric Mapping in 1 Clement 20:3 / The Preface to 1 Clement: The Rhetorical Situation and the Traditional Date / Index of Authors / Index of Textual References / Index of Subjects / Arbeiten zur Geschichte des Antiken Judentums und des Urchristentums / Cilliers Breytenbach and Laurence L. Welborn -- Harnack A. -- Jaeger W. -- W. C. Unnik -- C. Breytenbach -- L. L. Welborn -- Cilliers Breytenbach and Laurence L. Welborn -- Cilliers Breytenbach and Laurence L. Welborn -- Cilliers Breytenbach and Laurence L. Welborn -- Cilliers Breytenbach and Laurence L. Welborn.

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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.


English and German.

ISBN: 9789047401445

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789047401445 DOI

Subjects--Personal Names:
Clement I, Pope. First epistle of Clement to the Corinthians.

Subjects--Uniform Titles:
First epistle of Clement to the Corinthians (Clement I, Pope)

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
30-600

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Christianity and culture--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Christianity and culture--Early church.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: BR65.C54 / F534 2004eb

Dewey Class. No.: 270.1