Early Christianity and Greek Paideia / Edition 1

by Werner Jaeger

Overview

This small book, the last work of a world-renowned scholar, has established itself as a classic. It provides a superb overview of the vast historical process by which Christianity was Hellenized and Hellenic civilization became Christianized.

Werner Jaeger shows that without the large postclassical expansion of Greek culture the rise of a Christian world religion would have been impossible. He explains why the Hellenization of Christianity was necessary in apostolic and postapostalic times; points out similarities between Greek philosophy and Christian belief; discuss such key figures as Clement, Origen, and Gregory of Nyssa; and touches on the controversies that led to the ultimate complex synthesis of Greek and Christian thought.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780674220522
Publisher:	Harvard University Press
Publication date:	10/15/1985
Series:	Belknap Press Series
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	162
Product dimensions:	5.38(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.40(d)

Table of Contents

Preface

PART I

PART II

PART III

PART IV

PART V

PART VI

PART VII

Notes

Index

Editorial Reviews

The breadth of vision, soundness of analysis, and the learning which the author brings to bear on his subjects stands out in every chapter…This easy and smooth-flowing but profound book bears the stamp of a lifetime devoted to scholarship.

Theology

There are judgments on every page which provoke reflection and gratitude.

Classical Review

There are judgments on every page which provoke reflection and gratitude.-- "Classical Review"

The breadth of vision, soundness of analysis, and the learning which the author brings to bear on his subjects stands out in every chapter...This easy and smooth-flowing but profound book bears the stamp of a lifetime devoted to scholarship.-- "Theology"

From the Publisher

There are judgments on every page which provoke reflection and gratitude.

The Classical Review