The Interpretation of the Old Testament in Greco-Roman Paganism

by John Granger Cook

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3161484746
• ISBN13: 9783161484742
• Release Date: December 2004
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Length: 399 Pages