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1 Clement
Contributor(s): Bergren, Theodore A. (Author)

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 ISBN: 0813232368     ISBN-13: 9780813232362
Publisher: Catholic University of America Press
OUR PRICE: $21.80  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: February 2020
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BISAC Categories:
- Foreign Language Study | Ancient Languages (see Also Latin)
- Religion | Christian Church - History
- Religion | Christian Theology - Ethics
Dewey: 270.1
LCCN: 2022465019
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 8.9" L (0.60 lbs) 218 pages
Features: Bibliography, Glossary
 
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Publisher Description:
The present volume is a "reader's edition" of 1 Clement, an important early Christian epistolary writing in Greek that probably dates from the late first century CE. The volume is designed for rapid reading and for classroom use. On each left-facing page is printed a running, sequential section of the Greek text. Next to that, on each right-facing page, are recorded all of the more unusual words in that section of Greek text, with dictionary form, part of speech, and definition(s). All of the more common words in that same section of Greek text are included in a comprehensive glossary at the end of the book.

This system, then, is designed so that the reader of the Greek text will not have to stop to look up every unusual Greek word in a printed or online dictionary. He or she will simply have to look to the facing page. Such constant lookups in a printed or online dictionary are tedious and time-consuming, and have little pedagogical value. Since in the present edition the words recorded on the right-facing page are not parsed, the reader is still faced with the challenge of parsing the word and determining its place in the overall structure of the sentence. It is this process that does serve a useful pedagogical purpose, and the present system preserves the challenge of this process.

The introduction to the volume covers (1) 1 Clement's genre, date, setting in life, purpose, sources, and main themes; (2) the compositional outline of the book; (3) the book's authorship, history of reception, and textual attestation; (4) discussion of the present "reader's edition"; (5) a list of scriptural quotations and allusions; and (6) a comprehensive bibliography on the text of 1 Clement.
 
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