Clement of Alexandria, Miscellanies Book VII

by Clement of Alexandria; Hort, Fenton John Anthony; Mayor, Joseph B.

• ISBN13: 9781108007542
• ISBN10: 1108007546
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-03-31
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

Fenton John Anthony Hort (1828-1892) was a scholar of the Bible, patristics and theology whose contributions to scholarship included an influential critical edition of the Greek New Testament and portions of The Ante-Nicene Fathers. This posthumous publication (1902) on the important Miscellanies of Clement, includes the complete Greek text of Book Seven with English translation and detailed notes. This is preceded by an extensive introduction based on Hort's lectures, discussing Christianity and philosophy in Clement's foundational work, which relates to a Victorian debate concerning the supposed pollution of 'pure' Christianity by 'alien' Greek thought. Hort argued that not only had Hellenism been present from the earliest days of Christianity, but also that the interaction between the two had resulted in a 'de-secularization of philosophy'. He also emphasised Clement's view that the archetypal Christian ought to live 'as much by prayer and love as by knowledge and thought'.

Table of Contents

Introduction

On the title Stromateis

Influence of Greek philosophy on the theology and ethics of Clement

Clement and the Mysteries

Estimates of Clement

The test of the Stromateis

Analysis of Strom VII pp.xcii-ci.

Bibliographical note

Addenda

Greek text with English translation

Explanatory notes

Index of quotations

Index of Greek words

English index

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