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33 Cards in this Set
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Christian Literary Heritage |
1) Jewish "book culture" 2) Influences of the Torah in the Temple 3) Greco-Roman Education |
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Jewish "book culture" literary heritage |
Force influenced Gentile tradition |
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Examples of Jewish "book culture" |
1) Solomon 2) Diaspora (Jews living in Babylon) 3) Intertextuality (Knowing the book of the Jews) |
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Influence of the Torah in the Temple literary heritage |
Importance of memory |
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Greco-Roman Education literary heritage |
Copying from past famous authors |
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Christian Literary Style |
1: Codex vs. Scrolls 2: "Primitivity" of Style 3: Status/Literacy of the 1st century believer |
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Codex vs. Scrolls literary style |
Scrolls were for important documents Codex were "lower" form of writing |
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Codex as "lower" form of writing |
1) No literary value 2) Not supposed to be published 3) For specific person 4) Not written to literary elite 5) Not trying to be literary elite |
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Christian Literary Genres 1st Century |
1: Letters 2: Gospels 3: Apocalypse 4: Church Orders |
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Literary Genres: Letters |
1) Personal 2) Uniquely authoritative from 3) Greco-Roman/Jewish conventions with a Christian twist |
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Literary Genres: Gospels |
1) New literary genre 2) Collection of sayings/stories (Originally oral) |
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Literary Genres: Apocalypse |
Visions and Revelations |
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Seneca vs. Paul |
Seneca: Formal Paul: Personal and encouraging directed toward specific questions |
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Christian Literary Genres 2nd Century |
1: Apologetics 2: Apocryphyal |
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Literary Genre: Apologetics |
1) E.g. Justin Martyr was author 2) Persuasion against prosecution 3) Explanations of beliefs 4) Drew on Hellenistic Rhetoric and Platonic, Stoic language 5) Written to different audience 6) Wider Greek Education |
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Literary Genre: Aporyphyal |
1) Orthodox literature vs. heretical literature 2) Popular literature meant for entertainment and edification |
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Perpetua |
1: Rise in popularity with Rise of Feminism 2: Christianity was good for women 3: Framed narrative 4: Pathos 5: Close reading |
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Perpetua: Framed narrative |
Moves from 3rd to 1st back to 3rd person |
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Perpetua: Pathos |
Emotional |
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Perpetua: Close reading |
1) Martyrdom and Baptismal images of martyrdom 2) Renunciation of one's formal life (&Family) 3) Removal of "status" 4) Montanism/Revelatory prophecy 5) Role of prayer after death (her little brother) 6) Sovereign power of God 7) Presence of God/Holy Spirit inside the believer |
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Close reading: Martyrdom and Baptismal images of martyrdom |
Renewal of baptism |
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Close reading: Renunciation of one's former life |
Putting your life away for Christ |
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Close reading: Removal of "status" |
Between Perpetua and Felicity |
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Close reading: Monanism/Revelatory prophecy |
Could it exist after the apostles |
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Close reading: Role of prayer after death |
Do our prayers have effect over death? |
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Close reading: Sovereign power of God |
"I will die if God wills it" |
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Tertullian: The Apparel of Women |
1: Lasting Influence 2: The Woman Question/ Christian Cleavage |
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Tertullian: Lasting Influence |
Not just how women dress |
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Terullian: The Women Question/Christian Cleavage |
1) Women bare the original sin of Eve 2) We should be the weirdos of culture |
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Christian Literary Genres 3rd Century |
1: Commentaries 2: Homilies 3: Beginning of literary ambitions |
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Literary Genres: Commentaries |
1) Notions on Scriptures 2) Published "speeches" on meaning |
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Literary Genres: Homilies |
Oral, but often transcribed |
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Literary Genres: Beginning of literary ambitions |
1) Wider readership 2) Adoption of well-known philosophical genres 3) Formation of biblical scholarship |
