The Challenge of Homer: School, Pagan Poets and Early Christianity
The Challenge of Homer: School, Pagan Poets and Early Christianity by Karl Olav Sandnes
English | 12 Mar. 2009 | ISBN: 0567426645 | 338 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
English | 12 Mar. 2009 | ISBN: 0567426645 | 338 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
Homer was the gateway to education, to the skills of reading and writing. These skills were necessary for the nascent Church. Knowledge of Homer's writings was a sign of Greekness, of at-home-ness in the society. Education was embedded in the mythology, immorality and idolatry of these writings.