{"product_id":"the-challenge-of-homer-9780567692030","title":"The Challenge of Homer","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHomer was the gateway to education, to the skills of reading and writing. These skills were necessary for the nascent Church. Knowledge of Homer's writings was a sign of Greekness, of at-home-ness in the society. Education was embedded in the mythology, immorality and idolatry of these writings. This challenged the Christians. This study presents how Christians responded to this. The opinions varied from rejection of Homer and all pagan literature, considering them works of the Devil, to critical involvement with this literature.   This study attempts to trace the discourse on Homer and education among the Christians back to the New Testament. The topic does not come to the surface, but it is argued that in Paul's letters contrasting attitudes towards the propaideutic logic and the philosophical principle of usus (making right use of) are present. He opposed a logic wherein Christian faith represented the peak of education, the culmination of liberal studies. In his instruction on how \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA fascinating study...very stimulating treatment of Christian  attitudes to education which reveals the cultural impact of the new religion on  the wider ancient society. * Expository Times, April 2010 *\u003cbr\u003eReviewed in Revue des Livres (French). * Revue des livres *\u003cbr\u003eThe voyage to which Sandness invites his readers is worthwhile and illuminating. * Bijdragen, International Journal in Philosophy and Theology *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart One:  School, Homer and Encyclical Education in Antiquity     1. Introduction and Method     2. School in the Greco-Roman World     3. The Pivotal Role of Homer     4. Knowledge and Formation: The Insuffiency of Encyclical Education     5. Philo of Alexandria: A Hellenistic Jew on Greek Education             Part Two: The Christian Agôn over Encyclical Studies in the first Centuries C.E.     7. Justin Martyr, his student Tatian and Two Ps.Justins     8. The Apostolic Tradition: Prohibited Occupations     9. The Teaching of the Apostles (Didaskalia Apostolorum) and Syriac tradition: \"Avoid all the Books of the Gentiles\"     10. Tertullian: Learning but not Teaching Encyclical Studies     11. Clement and Origen: Christian Teachers in Alexandria                 11.1 Clement of Alexandria: Propaideia Protects Faith                 11.2 Origen: The Silver and Gold of the Egyptians                 11.3 Origen and Celsos: Christian faith for the Unlearned?     12. Flavius Claudius Julianus - Emperor and Apostate: Christian Teachers are Immoral     13. The Cappadocian Fathers                 13.1 Basil of Caesarea\/Basil the Great: Ad Adolescentes                 13.2 Gregory of Nazianzus' Encomium for Basil                 13.3 Gregory of Nyssa's Life of Moses     14. Jerome: An Ascetic Addicted to Greek Learning     15. Augustine: Liberal Studies - A Window on the Relationship between Greek Culture and Christian Faith     16. Summing up part two                 Common Ground                 Opposition to Encyclical Studies                 Encyclical Studies cannot be avoided                 Advocates of Encyclical Studies                 Arguments Employed in the Debate                             The Critics                             Advocates                 Acting like Bees               All or Nothing?       Part Three: Looking Back to the New Testament     17. The New Testament and Encyclical Studies     17.1 Homer in the New Testament? An Appraisal of Dennis R. MacDonald's \"Mimesis Criticism\"     17.2 Paul on Encyclical Studies?   18. Drawing the Findings Together           Bibliography and indices","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018299244887,"sku":"9780567692030","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780567692030.jpg?v=1750776350","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-challenge-of-homer-9780567692030","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}