Author : Stuart E Parsons
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
ISBN 13 : 0227904842
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Ancient Apologetic Exegesis by : Stuart E Parsons
Download or read book Ancient Apologetic Exegesis written by Stuart E Parsons and published by James Clarke & Company. This book was released on 2015-07-30 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a radical new approach to second-century theology, 'Ancient Apologetic Exegesis' examines the work of Saint Theophilus of Antioch, with a full understanding of the man and his times. The second century is often dismissed by theologians, despite a near-living memory of Jesus and his apostles from only a generation or two prior, but Stuart E. Parsons shows that a distinctive biblical exegesis was used by those second-century apologists who challenged Greco-Roman pagan religionists. Currentliterature misunderstands second-century exegetical approaches, but by looking behind anachronistic views of ancient genre, literacy, and rhetoric, we can rediscover a forgotten form of early Christian exegesis.