The impact of scripture in Early Christiaity - BOEFT, J. DEN / M.L. VAN POLL-VAN DE LISDONK (eds.).
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?The fourteen essays in this volume - in English, German and French - were originally presented as papers at a conference organized by the Dutch Foundation for Early Christian Studies in March 1996. As a conference volume, the book exhibits the usual characteristics of the genre. Some essays are quite technical, while others um up the scholarship of the last few decades on a particular topic. (?) There is much learning exhibited in the essays, and several of them provide useful guides to the ?state of the discussion? about particular topics. (?) Overall, the editors seem to show how Christianity?s notion of ?divine revelation? distinguished Christina interpretation from the interpretation of the so-called pagan classics. A. Hilhorst?s opening essay provides a brief overview of biblical scholarship in the early church and is noteworthy for addressing some less well known texts (?). Several essays are devoted to showing how Scripture was used to rationalize/justify various aspects of church life (?). Three of t...
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1999Uitgever: Koninklijke Brill N.V.Reeks: Vigiliae Christianae. Supplementa290 paginasISBN-10: 9004111433ISBN-13: 9789004111431Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Leiden (...), 1999. XIII,278p. Original blue gilt stamped cloth with wrps. Corner cut from free endpaper. Else fine. [Antiquarian] [Auteur: BOEFT, J. den, and M.L. van POLL-van de LISDONK, (eds.),] [Uitgever: Brill] [Jaar: 1999] [Titel: The Impact of Scripture in Early Christianity.]
