Saturday, April 03, 2021

Review of Ward, The rise of the early Christian intellectual

BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: The rise of the early Christian intellectual.
Lewis Ayres, H. Clifton Ward, The rise of the early Christian intellectual. Arbeiten zur Kirchengeschichte, 139. Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter, 2020. Pp. xii, 272. ISBN 9783110607550 $99.99.

Review by
Andrew Pottenger. ajpott@hotmail.com

... The value of the present volume in light of these other studies is that each chapter offers a concentrated analysis of early Christian intellectual activity in the ‘long second century’, showing how the ancient authors explored here engaged pagan and Jewish paradigms from the perspective of sharing in these traditions to some extent. ...

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