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BL
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704990
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b527179
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| Main Entry
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Grant, Robert M., (Robert McQueen),1917-
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| Title & Author
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Heresy and criticism : : the search for authenticity in early Christian literature /\ Robert M. Grant.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Louisville, Ky. :: Westminster/J. Knox Press,, c1993.
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x, 180 p. ;; 23 cm.
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| ISBN
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0664219713 (hard : alk. paper)
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: 9780664219710 (hard : alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-172) and indexes.
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| Contents
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1. Authenticity and Heresy in Early Christianity -- 2. Literary Criticism in Early Christian Times -- 3. Marcion's Criticism of Gospel and Apostle -- 4. The Hidden Agenda of Ptolemaeus -- 5. Galen's Literary and Logical Criticism -- 6. The Syllogistic Exegesis of Apelles -- 7. The Orthodox Counterattack.
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| Abstract
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critics increasingly found that these methods could serve them well. Grant supports his argument by focusing on such principal figures as Origen, Dionysius of Alexandria, Eusebius, and Jerome.
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Robert Grant draws upon his fifty years of experience dealing with the correlation of early Christianity and classical culture to demonstrate that Christian "heretics" were the first to apply literary cfiticism to Christian books. He shows that the heretics' methods were the same as those of pagan contemporaries, and that literary criticism derived from the Hellenistic schools. Literary criticism was later used by famous orthodox leaders, and, as time passed, orthodox.
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Christian heresies-- History-- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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Classical literature-- History and criticism.
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Bible-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.-- History-- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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273/.1
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BS500.G73 1993
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