The Origins Of Early Christian Literature by Robyn Faith Walsh
Contextualizing the New Testament within Greco-Roman Literary Culture
Reframes the origin of early Christian texts as products of educated Greco-Roman cultural producers rather than grassroots community traditions. Drawing on evidence from ancient education, social networks, and literary mimesis, it presents the Gospels and related writings as sophisticated works participating in the intertextual, competitive milieu of the Second Sophistic. Claims of eyewitness testimony and prophetic inspiration are recast as literary conventions, highlighting authorial craft, classical models, and circulation within elite networks.
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