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

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Main Author: Henning, Meghan 1982- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Tübingen Mohr Siebeck 2014
In: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament / 2 (382)
Year: 2014
Reviews:Educating Early Christians through the Rhetoric of Hell. »Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth« as Paideia in Matthew and the Early Church (2017) (Repschinski, Boris, 1962 -)
Series/Journal:Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament / 2 382
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hell (Motif) / New Testament
B Church / Literature / Hell / Christian upbringing / Rhetoric
B Greece (Antiquity) / Roman Empire / Paideia / Underworld
B Culture / Roman Empire / Hellenism
RelBib Classification:KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
ZF Education
Further subjects:B Church
B Apocalypticism
B Education
B Rhetoric
B Thesis
B Future Life Christianity History of doctrines
B Eschatology
B Church History Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 Education
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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
ISBN:3161529634

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