Pagan Readers of Christian Scripture: the Role of Books in Early Autobiographical Conversion Narratives.
Most scholars agree that "pagans" did not read Christian scripture. This critical consensus, however, places inordinate weight on a decontextualized quotation from Tertullian and neglects a body of evidence to the contrary. In particular, the role of books in early autobiographical conversion narrat...
| Publicado en: | Vigiliae Christianae Vol. 73; no. 5; pp. 481 - 507 |
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2019
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