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Illiterate Apostles

Uneducated Early Christians and the Literates Who Loved Them [Hardback]

by Allen Hilton

    • Author

      Allen Hilton

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    • Published

      March 2017

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    Product Description

    Pagan critics ridiculed the early Christians for being uneducated. We know this, because a few Christians took up pen to defend the uneducated members of their churches. Peculiarly, though, in their "defense" these authors openly admit that the critics have the facts on their side. The Book of Acts even calls two of its heroes, Peter and John, illiterates. Why did these authors, intent on presenting Christianity in a positive light, volunteer such a negative detail? The answer to this question reveals a fascinating social exchange that surrounded education levels in antiquity and made its way into the New Testament Book of Acts. Scholars of early Christianity and of Greco-Roman social history will appreciate the window this book opens into the social construction of ancient education. The shopworn study of the apologists' rhetoric is also revitalized when it ushers us into the everyday experience of ancient Christians and those who disdained and defended them.

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    • Author

      Allen Hilton

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    • Published

      March 2017

    • Weight

      445g

    • Page Count

      224

    • Dimensions

      156 x 234 x 13 mm

    • ISBN

      9780567662880

    • ISBN-10

      0567662888

    • Eden Code

      4450406

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    • Author/Creator: Allen Hilton

    • ISBN: 9780567662880

    • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

    • Release Date: March 2017

    • Weight: 445g

    • Dimensions: 156 x 234 x 13 mm

    • Eden Code: 4450406

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