Educating early Christians through the rhetoric of hell: "weeping and gnashing of teeth" as paideia in Matthew and the early church
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
Summary: | 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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Physical Description: | XIII, 294 S. |
ISBN: | 3161529634 |