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St. Basil's Address to Young Men (Paperback)
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St. Basil's Address to Young Men (Paperback)
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As Christianity flourished during the fourth century, believers
were faced with the challenges not only of their own internal
conflicts and theological disagreements, but also with religious,
philosophical, and ethical pressures from the broader culture in
which they were embedded. One unsettled issue was the role of
classical Greek and Roman literature in Christian education. St.
Basil the Great (c.330-379 CE) explores this question in his
Address to Young Men. By recommending circumspect study of
classical texts, Basil encourages his readers to extract what is
useful from the earlier authors while rejecting what is harmful or
irrelevant. The present work examines the images and metaphors
employed by Basil in his Address with a view to answering such
questions as why Basil recommended non-Christian writings, how he
viewed their relationship to his own community's Scriptures, and
what underlying presuppositions may have informed Basil's treatment
of various kinds of literature. This book is directed toward
students and scholars of early Christianity, Classics, and to
anyone contemplating the value of ancient literature in education,
whether religious or secular.
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