Educating early Christians through the rhetoric of hell

By Meghan Henning

Subjects: Bibeln, Fornkyrkan, Religiösa aspekter, Unterwelt, Christliche Erziehung, Church history, Rhetorik, Future life, Hölle, Paideia, History of doctrines, Bibel, Education, Undervisning, Literatur, Helvetet, Frühchristentum, Kristendom, Christianity, Historia, Retorik

Description: Meghan Henning explores the rhetorical function of the early Christian concept of hell, drawing connections to Greek and Roman systems of education, and examining texts from the Hebrew Bible, Greek and Latin literature, the New Testament, early Christian apocalypses and patristic authors.