Author : John Granger Cook
Release : 2004
Genre : Bible
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The Interpretation of the Old Testament in Greco-Roman Paganism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Interpretation of the Old Testament in Greco-Roman Paganism write by John Granger Cook. This book was released on 2004. The Interpretation of the Old Testament in Greco-Roman Paganism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. According to the available evidence not many pagans knew the Greek Bible (Septuagint) before the advent of Christianity. Those pagans who later became aware of Christian texts were among the first, according to the surviving data, to seriously explore the Septuagint. They found the Bible to be difficult reading. The pagans who reacted to biblical texts include Celsus (II C.E.), Porphyry (III C.E.), and Julian the Apostate (IV C.E.). These authors thought that if they could refute one of the primary foundations of Christianity, namely its use or interpretation of the Septuagint, then the new religion would perhaps crumble. John Granger Cook analyzes these pagans' voice and elaborates on its importance, since it shows how Septuagint texts appeared in the eyes of Greco-Roman intellectuals. Theirs was not an abstract interest, however, because they knew that Christianity posed a grave danger to some of their dearest beliefs, self-understanding, and way of life.