Educating early Christians through the rhetoric of hell

"weeping and gnashing of teeth" as paideia in Matthew and the early church

294 pages

English language

Published 2014 by Mohr Siebeck.

ISBN:
978-3-16-152963-4
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OCLC Number:
897106369

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Meghan Henning explores the rhetorical function of the early Christian concept of hell, drawing connections to Greek and Roman systems of education, and examining texts from the Hebrew Bible, Greek and Latin literature, the New Testament, early Christian apocalypses and patristic authors.

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Subjects

  • Undervisning
  • Helvetet
  • Rhetorik
  • Literatur
  • Paideia
  • Christianity
  • Bibel
  • Bibeln
  • Christliche Erziehung
  • Church history
  • History of doctrines
  • Fornkyrkan
  • Kristendom
  • Retorik
  • Historia
  • Religiösa aspekter
  • Future life
  • Unterwelt
  • Hölle
  • Education
  • Frühchristentum

Places

  • Römisches Reich
  • Griechenland