Warum zitieren frühchristliche Autoren pagane Texte?

How did it happen that 2nd century Christian authors often cited or alluded to pagan literature? To answer this question, the study examines their works together with those of their predecessors. It shows that the literary practice of quoting pagan texts had strong roots in Jewish-Hellenistic writings as well as in some New Testament texts.

Autorentext

Vadim Wittkowsky, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.

Zusammenfassung

"The study covers a huge amount of ground in a compact and lucid manner, with numerous cross-references adding to the clarity of presentation. lt is warmly to be recommended not only for the overview thar it gives, but also for the persuasiveness of its conclusions. As the study itself indicates (144), it can serve as the starting-point for further research on this very interesting topic."
David T. Runia in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 143 (2018) 3, 230-231

"The study is concise and covers a large number of texts, although its breadth requires limited engagement with secondary literature. It offers a welcome challenge to much twentieth-century history of religions research concerning the relationship of early Christianity to non-Jewish and non-Christian religion and philosophy. [...] Overall, this is a welcome and thoughtful study inviting further research that will interest researchers of New Testament texts and early Christian literature in their Hellenistic context."
Kai Akagi in: Religious Studies Review, Volume 43, No 2, June 2017, pp. 183-184