Re-appropriating "Marvelous Fables"

by Noël Wayne Pretila

Book Overview

Edwin Hatch provided a colorful portrait of the religious world to which Justin Martyr belonged: "The main subject-matter of . . . literary education amongst the pagans] was the poets. . . . They were read as we read the Bible. They were committed to memory. The minds of men were saturated with them. A quotation from Homer or from a tragic poet was apposite on all occasions and in every kind of society" (The Influence of Greek Ideas on Christianity,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625640951
• ISBN13: 9781625640956
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Pickwick Publications
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"