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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Henning, Meghan (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, [2014]
Series:Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. 382.
Subjects:
Bibeln. > N.T. > Matteusevangeliet.
Bibel > Neues Testament.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 > Education.
Future life > Christianity > History of doctrines.
Hölle > Motiv.
Frühchristentum.
Literatur.
Hölle.
Christliche Erziehung.
Rhetorik.
Paideia.
Unterwelt.
Griechenland > Altertum.
Römisches Reich.
Helvetet.
Fornkyrkan.
Undervisning > religiösa aspekter > historia.
Kristendom.
Retorik > religiösa aspekter > historia.
30-600
Description
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.
Item Description:Revision of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Emory University, 2013 under title: Weeping and gnashing of teeth : the pedagogical function of hell in Matthew and the early church.
Physical Description:xiii, 294 pages : tables ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-276) and indexes.
ISBN:9783161529634
3161529634