How Long to Read The Challenge of Homer

How Long Does it Take to Read The Challenge of Homer?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read The Challenge of Homer by Karl Olav Sandnes

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Homer was the gateway to education, to the skills of reading and writing. These skills were necessary for the nascent Church. Knowledge of Homer's writings was a sign of Greekness, of at-home-ness in the society. Education was embedded in the mythology, immorality and idolatry of these writings. This challenged the Christians. This study presents how Christians responded to this. The opinions varied from rejection of Homer and all pagan literature, considering them works of the Devil, to critical involvement with this literature. This study attempts to trace the discourse on Homer and education among the Christians back to the New Testament. The topic does not come to the surface, but it is argued that in Paul's letters contrasting attitudes towards the propaideutic logic and the philosophical principle of usus (making right use of) are present. He opposed a logic wherein Christian faith represented the peak of education, the culmination of liberal studies. In his instruction on how to relate to the pagan world, Paul argues in accordance with the principle of usus. The New Testament is not so dependent upon the Homeric poems, as assumed by some scholars. The first Christians faced two hermeneutical challenges of fundamental importnce: that of interpreting the Old Testament and how to cope with the Greek legacy embedded in Homer. The latter is not explicitly raised in the New Testament. But since the art of interpreting any text, presupposes reading skills, conveyed through liberal studies, the Homeric challenge must have been of outmost importance.

How long is The Challenge of Homer?

The Challenge of Homer by Karl Olav Sandnes is 336 pages long, and a total of 86,016 words.

This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Challenge of Homer Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read The Challenge of Homer aloud.

What Reading Level is The Challenge of Homer?

The Challenge of Homer is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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