Warum zitieren frühchristliche Autoren pagane Texte?: zur Entstehung und Ausformung einer literarischen Tradition
How did it happen that 2ndcentury 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 writing...